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Seeking to justify eBay’s $4 billion purchase of Web-based communications phenomenon Skype Technologies, Meg Whitman, eBay’s chief executive, said that in a few short years, consumers can expect to make telephone calls for free, with no per-minute charges, as part of a package of services through which carriers make money on advertising or transaction fees, Reuters reports (via ZDNet).
Skype, which allows free Web-based calls between members, ended September with more than 57 million registered users. eBay said it expects Skype to produce estimated revenues of $60 million in 2005, and more than $200 million in 2006.
Whitman said Skype’s explosive success, would–over the next several years–drive the cost of phone calls to nothing.
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She began raising…
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The company said it will post a net operating loss…
On its Google Checkout page, Google claims a “Checkout” icon can increase ad click-through by 10%. (At least one client, Fred Lerner of e-commerce network Ritz Interactive, claims the Checkout icon increased clickthroughs by 23%.)
What’s more, Google Checkout users purportedly…
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Kroger,…
