Skype is too big to slip under regulatory radar again. If the EU commission requires Microsoft to comply with a short list of demands, Skype can be a better corporate citizen, a more competitive platform provider, and literally save lives. Here’s how. [...]
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Skype for iPhone 3.0.1 security vulnerabilities will be fixed soon, says Skype. Tom Keating, Jim Courtney and Dan York write up the #XSS (cross-site scripting) exploit that could let a javascript copy your Skype contacts. first reported by Superever. The video. This follows another XSS vulnerability in Skype for Windows, now resolved. Skype [...] Business | canada | Europe | government | Mexico | Microsoft | regulation | Skype | skypelandia | statistics | USA OPSWAT reported market share of installed Windows instant messenger apps for 2011Q2 (pdf). With Windows Live Messenger at 40.67% and Skype at 27.39%, that would put Microsoft’s post-acquisition share of the desktop side of the market north of 68%. Should this affect the EC’s merger approval? Does this market consolidation justify anti-trust restrictions? The [...] For the last few months I’ve been helping Hookflash prepare for launch. We came out of stealth mode Tuesday, announcing Hookflash for iPad at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference (Booth D6, if you’re there). I also showed it yesterday at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Alley. Preview signups are on the home page and following @hookflash [...] Jim Courtney has a complete report on the European Commission’s review of the merger. News early next month but Jim works through how they’ll get there. Think the Commish will call for public comment? Is Microskype good for telecoms competition in Europe? What do Europe’s big telcos have to say? Is Skype a bigger [...] |
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