That rumour about Google buying Skype, or at least partnering with them, has come around again. After a few months of dormancy, TechCrunch reinflates the possibility that something is brewing between the two firms.
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Mike Arrington explains it is clear that eBay, which bought Skype for an eyewatering $3.1bn back in 2005, wants to dump the VOIP firm because of its disappointing financial performance; that coincides with Google's moves into mobile.
Scant new detail here - "they are in current talks and that a partnership or outright acquisition may be announced in the near future" - but the credibility of the idea has been reinforced again and it is just the kind of characteristically canny move you'd expect from Google. Even though I'm sure they would prefer to surprise us all with their bumper acquisitions.
Source: TechCrunch
