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Skype Purchases GroupMe

By Jane Gracielo, on August 22nd, 2011%

As Skype waits for its $8.5 billion acquisition by Microsoft to go through, it is been indulging in a small shopping of its own.

Yesterday it was announced that it is to take over GroupMe, which gives a mobile group messaging service that can assist Skype competitor Google+’s Huddle feature, FacebookMessages or iMessage of Apple.

GroupMe was founded just last year, allows users to make conference calls and free text messages with different circles of friends or coworkers, from a single contact to a broadcast over Twitter of Facebook.

Its app is . . . → Read More: Skype Purchases GroupMe

All These Plans from Facebook

By Jane Gracielo, on July 14th, 2011%

There had been reports about the debate over Facebook’s valuation, indicating that several analysts anticipate the company will be valued at $100 billion if it goes public in the following year.

A significant but frequently-overlooked portion of the argument: Most of Facebook’s users are outside the U.S. and that comes out to be where the development of the social network is also.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, said that the social network was at 750 million active users. With the quantity of active users in the U.S. suspended at 150 million, which means that . . . → Read More: All These Plans from Facebook