Tagged: Email/Messaging

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Sold: Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion
Microsoft outbid Google and Facebook to buy Skype for $8.5 billion but why has Redmond spent so big on a firm that's been valued at just $1 billion?

Going twice … Microsoft set to outbid Facebook and Google with $8bn Skype spend
While Google and Facebook looked set to spend up to $4 billion in a bid to own or partner with Skype, Microsoft might quickly outbid the lot with a massive $8 billion spend.

Shooting the messenger: Email and social on the up while IM declines
Researchers say email and social media use - at work and at home - is on the up among today's youthful web users, but instant messenger use has declined.

Going once … Facebook and Google mull Skype spend
Shhhhh ... unidentified text sources say Google and Facebook are each mulling multibillion Skype spends that would see them own or partner with the web communications company.

Yahoo! and Microsoft spar over smart phone bug
Yahoo! has denied Microsoft's claims their email servers caused the WinPho 7 phantom data bug, insisting the operating system's own Phone Mail app caused the trouble.

Deliver us from email - Facebook Messages arrives
While Facebook launches a webmail service to rival Gmail, experts question whether 'F-mail' is a killer app or a show of killer instinct as the social network guns for Google.

Skype hedging bets with social leaders Facebook
Chat and video call kingpin plans to release software for Windows that incorporates Facebook's news feed and social plug-ins.

Hotmail hopes to hook new users with ad campaign
Ubiquitous online email service Hotmail hopes to snag some new devotees with the help of a new advertising campaign hitting London over the next three days.

Google Buzz accused of breaking privacy laws
A privacy group has called Google's new social networking service "deceptive" and made a formal complaint to the FTC.

Google Buzz offers social networking through Gmail
Google has announced its new approach to social networking, which will be available to Gmail users in the next few days.