Techmeme: Skype Spent $343.8 Million To Acquire Its P2P Software From Founders (Dan Frommer/Silicon Alley Insider)

1:30 PM ET, August 9, 2010

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Om Malik / GigaOM:

Skype Files for IPO — Skype, the Internet telephony company is looking to raise upto $100 million in an Initial Public Offering, according to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company will be selling American Depositary Shares (ADSs) and will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market.

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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:

Skype Spent $343.8 Million To Acquire Its P2P Software From Founders — Skype, which separated from eBay late last year, filed for a $100 million IPO this morning. — Among the details in its filing: A bunch of information around its huge legal settlement last November with Joltid …

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Peter Parkes / About Skype:

Skype Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering — LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg, Aug. 9, 2010 — Skype S.A., a global technology leader that enables real-time communications over the Internet, today announced that it has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities …

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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Big Tech IPO of the Day: Skype Tries to Dial Up $100 Million

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Boy Genius Report:

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Sean Hollister / Engadget:

Best Buy pegs Droid 2 at $199 with 2-year activation, $599 without (updated) — It's rather astounding to believe we've come this far without Verizon or Motorola so much as recognizing the Droid 2's existence, but with leaks like this on a weekly basis who needs traditional marketing?

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Live Blogging The Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Press Conference — Google and Verizon have announced that they'll be hosting a conference call today at 10:30 AM Pacific Time. Topic? Not said, but probably related to the rumor last week that the two companies have cut a deal …

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Cecilia Kang / Post Tech:
Verizon-Google deal could influence continued wrangling over net neutrality rules

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Robert X. Cringely / New York Times:
A Net Game for Google?

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

Papermaster's Departure Linked to ‘Cultural Incompatibility’ Rather Than Antenna Issues — The Wall Street Journal provides some additional color on the departure of Apple's iPhone hardware engineering chief Mark Papermaster, citing “broader cultural incompatibility” rather than a direct link …

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The iPhone 4 Antenna Issue Won't Die — Because Apple Won't Let It

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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:

Former softcore porn actress Jodie Fisher identified in HP CEO sex scandal — Above, while it lasts: the video demo reel on YouTube for actress Jodie Fisher (not Jodie Foster!), who was today identified by the New York Times, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, AP, Reuters …

Mercury News: Statement: Jodie Fisher's statement on her relationship with ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd

TechWave English:

Japanese paper reported Evernote lost 7000 users data — Mainichi Shinbun, one of the leading papers in Japan, reported that Evernote Corporation has lost its 7000 users' data due to system errors. (Google translation of the article) — According to the paper, the California based company …

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Matt Brian / The Next Web:

Digitimes: Upgraded iPad, CDMA iPhone And iOS Powered Apple TV Coming In 2011 — According to Digitimes' senior analyst Mingchi Kuo, Apple will be launching two upgraded iPad devices in the first quarter of 2011. — The first tablet will be an upgraded 9.7 inch iPad with a new ARM Cortex-A9-based processor …

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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

RIM BlackPad tablet priced at $499 when it ships in November? — Come on, admit it, you want to believe that RIM is working on a tablet called the BlackPad don't you? You'd better, because Apple Daily is piling on with more unsubstantiated rumor this morning.

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:

After Drought, Hope for Shows Made for Web — LOS ANGELES — When Illeana Douglas, long active in independent film, wanted to make a show about a Hollywood actress who becomes a cog in a blue-collar wheel, she turned to the Web and to an unusual ally, Ikea.

Discussion: VideoNuze, VatorNews, Mashable! and fierceonlinevideo.com …, more at Mediagazer »

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

12-core Apple Mac Pro orders are go — After a brief outage the Apple Store is back with the previously announced 12-core Mac Pro (and revamped quad- and 6-core models) ready to order. Prices start at $4,999 for a pair of 6-core Xeon Westmere procesors humming along at 2.66GHz, 6GB of memory …

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