Microsoft is buying Skype for $8.5 billion
5/10/2011 10:00:00 AM

Microsoft is buying Internet phone company Skype for $8.5 billion.


The cash acquisition, announced Tuesday morning, will give Microsoft a significant consumer brand online, access to 170 million people who use Skype for free or cheap calls, and Skype's phone and video calling software, which runs on the Web and Internet-connected devices.  For full article, click here


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