By
ariel in
Uncategorized,
News,
Tech,
Money,
business,
Corporate,
media,
Web 2.0,
gossip,
Ebay,
Skype,
Auction on April 30 2008
3 Years ago, Skype was the hottest thing in town. Then the bidding started, and when it comes to bidding no one knows how to do it better then eBay, who, with plenty of woo ha, paid a modest sum of $2.6 billion for their new toy. But, a while later, eBay, who also own PayPal, realized, that its harder to integrate the technology into its auction business then they first thought, Skype has become the hot potato that no one wants, even the appointing of Josh Silverman as the new CEO in February did not seem to help, and now eBay is considering selling the VoIP provider. Skype is quite good actually, it allows free PC calling, and saved me a lot of money when I used it to call computers internationally.
By
Beth in
Tech,
relationships,
pop culture,
Ebay,
Craiglist on April 23 2008
There is redemption in getting sued. Just ask Jay Buckmuster, CEO of Craigslist, who publicly voiced his disappointment over Ebay’s “petty” war on Craigslist after they filed suit against the company on the basis that Craigslist was diluting their shares in the company. Ebay has 28.4% stake in Craigslist. While confidentiality restrictions prohibit too much information from being leaked to the public on this, some cynics believe that eBay is banking on either of two scenarios: 1) eBay is trying to back Craigslist into a corner and buy them out and/or 2) eBay is trying desperately to sell their shares in Craigslist at a most optimal rate.
Whatever the case may be, don’t feel too bad for Jay Buckmuster. At the very least, he’s garnering some serious sympathy out of this whole ordeal, not to mention some innovative food for fodder in the way of comments on his post. Our favorite: the missed connection.
Missed Connections
You (eBay): Middle aged, bitter, nerdy.
Me (craigslist): young, indie, hip
I saw you at the flee market. You told me own it … like I’d be impressed. You offered me a ride on your Harley … again like I’d be impressed. Your not cool.
C
