Is Google Buying Skype?
Monday, April 7th, 2008Could Google be acquiring Skype for their upcoming Android handset? If so, it’d be one sweet deal. Last week:
Techcrunch broke news that Google and EBay are in talks about a Skype acquisition or partnership deal. Michael Arrington postulated that Google could be working to integrate their Grand Central, GTalk VOIP and other Voice services such as Google 411 to the Skype community.-theregoesdave.com
This might just be the thing to save Skype from collapsing. In case you hadn’t heard, in the summer of 2006 Skype went through a pretty rough time. People couldn’t log in, and even if they could, they couldn’t talk with one another. SkypeCast’s were next to useless as well, since none of them actually allowed you to join. Since then it hasn’t been the same. Google seems to be the one company out there who actually cares about people, and wants everyone to get a great deal, while at the same time getting great services. I can only hope these rumors prove true.