Microsoft clinches Skype Acquisition deal
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype has just been finalized, a little more than five months after it was first announced. Under the $8.5 billion deal, Skype CEO Tony Bates will be named president of the new Skype Division of Microsoft, and will have to report directly to Steve Ballmer. This news is close on the heels after the deal between Google and Facebook was rumoured. The cost of acquisition was put at a whopping $ 8.56 billion for a company which posted last annual operating profit of $ 269 million.
Investors were initially skeptical why Microsoft is mulling for this VOIP company when it already has a wider reaching Windows Live Messenger which is very closely related to the working of Skype, though in a crude way. Moreover the user base of Skype is just a third of the user base of Live Messenger. The key difference though is, Skype’s 8 million users are actually Paying for the service. In fact there were talks between Google, Facebook and Skype on a tie-up this May which should have rang the bell in Steve Ballmer’s Office.
But its hard to see if $ 8 billion is worth the bait for Skype and we need to wait and see if Microsoft benefits from Skype’s users and can convert its vast user base to pay for its internet-telephony services.
Microsoft clinches Skype Acquisition deal
Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype has just been finalized, a little more than five months after it was first announced. Under the $8.5 billion deal, Skype CEO Tony Bates will be named president of the new Skype Division of Microsoft, and will have to report directly to Steve Ballmer
ISRO’s PSLV C-18 launches Megha-Trophiques Satellite
ISRO has successfully launched the 1-tonne Megha-Tropiques Satellite atop the workhorse laucher PSLV (C-18) for a record 28th time (19th successful in a row !) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, AP. Sriharito study the dynamics of tropical monsoon and climate factors
NASA’ s Messenger placed in Mercury Orbit
NASA’ s Messenger spacecraft (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) slipped into the elliptical orbit around the closest planet to the Sun yesterday making it a feat for the first time in the history of human Space technology
Indian Satellites Performing under par
The auditors of office of the Comptroller General of India in its recent reports to the parliament has thrashed the premier agency stating that three of the seven Indian Remote Sensing Satellites are performing under par in terms of revenue generation given the high costs involved in launching and maintenance of these satellites.
LHC – World’s first Time Machine ?
The Large Hadron Collider is seeking to find could actually be accompanied by another particle “Higg’s Singlets” which could have the ability to jump into an extra, fifth dimension where they can move either forward or backward in time and reappear in the future or past !
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami – How it all happened ?
They Say a picture is worth a thousand words. I was thinking of writing an article of how the Japan earthquake coupled with tsunami happened but then I stumbled upon this neat and humble interactive map from nytimes.com and shooed away that thought to my recycle bin !
1000 MBPS Broadband ! Believe it !
A 1 GBPS connection? Before you yell at me that this is possible only in Science Fiction or in a closed Lab with advent of a new technology – here is the truth – it is an existing commodity, well obviously not in India. I know you are guessing the U.S or some European country implementing it but here is the harder pill to digest – it’s in Hong Kong !
Mass Effect 2 – looks stunning !
Much to the awe and success of the science fiction action game Mass Effect , the game producers Bioware have released stunning sequel. The game is already creating ripples among those nerdy geeks for using out-of-box sci-fi in the game’s plot and some stunning VFX.
Wanna Click Mars terrain ? Suggest NASA !
Hey all ya viewfinders out there ! Tired of zoomin’ on earthlings and landscapes under the sun ? Here is a thrilling chance – Wake up and jump – Now you can try your hand on the Red planet ! I can hear you say, ‘We ain’t got a telescope, damn it’ ! Wait, lemme finish -
Greet ‘n Tweet from Space !
how many would remember Astronaut T.J. Creamer for any good reason ? Well, the obvious reason seems to be a ‘packet of data’ a.k.a ‘tweet’ sent from space to the micro-blogging site Twitter. This happened after the NASA crew has been given wireless intenet connecitvity in the International Space Station.
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