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Skype to Buy GroupMe

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Skype has announced that it is in talks to buy the group messaging company, GroupMe. Details of the deal have yet to be announced, but rumors are that Skype could be shelling out $85 million to close the deal. In a world where all the new toys seems to be happening in the mobile industry, there are similar offerings expected…

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Facebook adding video chat, redesigning chat interface

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For the past several years we have seen Facebook raise to become the most used social networking site around the world. One the 6th of July this year, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, unveiled the new Facebook features and facilities at the sites headquarters in Palo Alto. The Facebook features were made so that they could compete with the Google+ threat….

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Why Did Microsoft Acquire Skype?

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It’s probably the biggest news to hit the technology sector in a long time. In May of 2011, it was announced that Microsoft had bought Skype for $8.5 million. What was even more surprising than the amount involved in the purchase, however, was that Microsoft even pursued the deal. For a long time, Microsoft has been somewhat of a background…

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