101.9 KING Radio » microsoft http://kingfm.com Fri, 24 May 2013 05:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion! http://kingfm.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5-billion/ http://kingfm.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5-billion/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 19:04:15 +0000 Gailen Sprague http://kingfm.com/?p=3477 Microsoft is set to shell out big bucks – a whopping $8.5 billion – to buy Skype Global, the NY Times is reporting.

According to the report, the deal will allow Microsoft to leverage Skype, which last year had 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations, on platforms including Xbox 360, Kinect and Outlook.

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