{"id":5905,"date":"2011-05-11T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T17:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5905"},"modified":"2011-05-11T17:01:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T17:01:10","slug":"microsoft-to-buy-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5905","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft to Buy Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This one is interesting &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2385137,00.asp\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Microsoft is apparently buying Skype<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>eBay bought it and did nothing with it &#8211; just milked it, which is basically what eBay is all about and what it was founded on (not a criticism, just an observation).<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Google was after Skype big-time, but Microsoft looks to have won.<\/p>\n<p>Skype is extremely useful, and it is a growing application for mobile platforms. It is also extremely stable, and apart from the absence of a decent fax facility &#8211; capitalised on by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=1053\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">rip-off software like PamFax<\/a> &#8211; it offers everything else you could want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is interesting &#8211; Microsoft is apparently buying Skype. eBay bought it and did nothing with it &#8211; just milked it, which is basically what eBay is all about and what it was founded on (not a criticism, just an observation). Apparently, Google was after Skype big-time, but Microsoft looks to have won. 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