Microsoft snaps up Skype (animation with voice over)
1,802 views · Published 10 May 2011 · 0:24 · Indexed 7 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2011 · News & Politics
DOWNLOAD HERE: ANIMATION WITH VOICE OVER: http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/SingleItem.aspx?asset_id=OEM_20110510_OINT_005_V1 ANIMATION ONLY: http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/SingleItem.aspx?asset_id=OEM_20110510_OINT_007 Software giant Microsoft is said to be close to buying Skype, the Internet telephony firm set up in 2003. Ebay bought Skype for 2.6 billion in 2005 before selling it to a group of investors just four years later. And although Google and Facebook were rumored to be interested, Microsoft is now set to snap up Skype for around US$8 billion.
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