TUAW reports that an iPad 2 optimized version of Skype is coming.
That would certainly be awesome. Other chat program such as Yahoo! Messenger and AIM are iPad optimized. The question is when would Microsoft release this app?
FTC approves Microsoft’s buyout of Skype.
Federal Trade Commision (FTC) clears the way for Microsoft to buy Skype. This means Microsoft will also acquire Qik which became a part of Skype back in January 2011.
It would interesting to follow what Microsoft would do with Skype and Qik.
Can we cross the bridge now?
Lodsys explains why it’s not after Apple but only the developers for In-App Purchasing. Apple is licensed to use their patent, as a matter of fact both Google and Microsoft are also licensed.
Lodys sets the licensing fees:
Lodsys is seeking 0.575% of US revenue over for the period of the notice letter to the expiration of the patent, plus applicable past usage. So on an application that sells US$1m worth of sales in a year, the licensee would have an economic exposure of $5,750 per year.
Lodsys also mentions that it has been getting a lot of hate mails including some death threats.
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so Apple, Google and Microsoft can cross the bridge, but not people who are riding with them?
This is what the iPad Auto-Correction thinks of Lodsys:
Tuesday Blues: Google I/O 2011, Microsoft Buys Skype, and Senate Hearing On Mobile Privacy.
It’s Tuesday and there are a lot of news coming.
Microsoft confirms Skype acquisition.
Some said that Microsoft were “tricked” into overpaying the acquisition. Om Malik brings up a few good points.
Google I/O 2011
Exciting event for Google Developers and Fans.
(Ed. – The message is: “People in the glasshouse shouldn’t throw the rocks.”)
Coverage by This is ny next.
Senate Hearing on Mobile Privacy
Apple and Google on hot seats regarding location data and privacy.
A Senior VP and a lobbyist testified. Guess which companies they are representing, respectively.
Coverage by This is my next.
Microsoft is Binging RIM’s BlackBerry.
Microsoft and RIM have reached some kind of agreement to bring Bing to BlackBerry OS. This means new BlackBerry devices including the PlayBook will sport Bing as the default search engine.
Microsoft’s Online Service Division is still losing money despite of the growth in marketshare and revenues. It is pretty clear that Microsoft is buying the marketshare whichever way it can just like the deal with Verizon, Twitter and Facebook.
Microsoft is on the offensive, goes after Google in European Union.
Microsoft sends a clear message to Google by filing a formal complaint with the European Commission, accusing Google of antitrust violation. To summarize, with regard to anititrust behavior Microsoft is telling Google: “Hey, that’s our job to be anti-competitive.”
Where’s The Outrage? Microsoft Attacks Android Again.
Microsoft is on the offensive, suing Barnes & Noble, Foxconn International and Inventec over Android-based Nook e-reader. It’s not the first time Microsoft asserts that Android is violating its patents. It’s the same old song and dance.
- Microsoft is suing Motorola regarding Android.
- Microsoft signed patent deal with HTC.
- Microsoft and Novell signed patent deal with regards to Linux.
Is Google on vacation?