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Skype Global
Skype () was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for IP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also had instant messaging, file transfer, debit-based calls to landline and mobile telephones (over traditional telephone networks), and other features. It was available on various desktop, mobile, and video game console platforms. Skype was created by Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, and four Estonian developers, and first released in August 2003. In September 2005, eBay acquired it for $2.6 billion. In September 2009, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board bought 65% of Skype for $1.9 billion from eBay, valuing the business at $2.92 billion. In May 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion and used it to replace its own Windows Live Messenger. As of 2011, most of the development team and 44% of all the division's employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priit Kasesalu
Priit Kasesalu (born 10 April 1972) is an Estonian programmer and software developer best known for his participation in the development of Kazaa, Skype and, most recently, Joost. He currently works for Ambient Sound Investments and lives in Tallinn, Estonia. Biography He started off as programmer for a local hardware manufacturer in 1986 with his class-mate Jaan Tallinn. The company was assembling 8-bit computers for use in public schools. In 1992 he studied computer science at Tallinn Technical University. On 7 June 1993, he and Jaan officially registered BlueMoon as a privately held Estonian software company. Work In 1989 he created the first Estonian commercial computer game with Ahti Heinla and Jaan Tallinn, '' Kosmonaut''. This was later remade as '' SkyRoads'' and has been further remade/adapted by other companies numerous times. In 2003 he helped develop Skype with Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, as well as Heinla and Tallinn. These five also developed Kazaa and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
