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May 10, 2011

Microsoft Close To Buying Skype For $7+ Billion

And why not?

	Skype's Road To $8 Billion A story 8 years in the making. Read »
	This Man Wants To Beat LinkedIn In All The Places That Matter * Also, why he thinks his product sucks. Read »
	Microsoft's 15 Biggest Acquisitions (So Far) If the rumors are true, Skype will be the new number one. Read »

But an interoperability deal between Skype and Lync could benefit both companies. Read »

Together, the class of 75 students created applications that were used by 16 million people. Read »

More than 10X revenue. Read »


	How Google Will Change The World This Week Google holds its third annual I/O developers' conference this Tuesday and Wednesday in San Francisco. Read »
	Apple Got Us Touching Our Phones... Will It Get Us Talking To Them, Too? Here comes a big new voice-recognition partnership. Will it suck? Read »
	No, Microsoft Isn't In A "Growth Stall" (At Least Not Yet) Microsoft has been growing revenue for the last year. Read »
	Google Decides To Launch Its Music Service Without Label Support It will be just like Amazon's offering. Read »
	Here's Why It's Still Smart To Work With Nokia Foursquare gets free ads all over the world... and free apps for Nokia phones. Read »
	Foursquare And Facebook Places Are Still Meaningless To Half Of U.K. Teenagers* They think it's creepy and pointless. Read »
	Soon, You'll Be Able To Buy Stuff On Xbox Live With PayPal Throughout the world. Read »