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Google has acquired the flagship software product of video-conferencing start-up Marratech, leading many to believe that conferencing software may become the next addition to Google's growing office suite.
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eBay has been forced to reassess the value of Skype -- a company it acquired for US$2.6 billion -- not to mention its overall strategy for making money with VoIP.
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Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.
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