Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5B

kimatire · 2011-05-10T12:51:39+00:00

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker's 36-year history. Microsoft said it will marry Skype's functions to its Xbox game console, Outlook email program and Windows smartphones. The company said it will continue to support Skype on other software platforms.

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Start date May 10, 2011

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