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Skype Is Said to Have Demanded More Than $7 Billion in Talks
The startup's owners refused to entertain offers less than the value they expected the company to get from a planned IPO, before agreeing to an $8.5 billion buyout from Microsoft
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Google Sets Aside $500 Million for Probe, Crimping Profit 12:24 AM
The expense is related to the possible resolution of a Justice Dept. investigation of Google's advertising business, and it led to lower first-quarter profit
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A Lively Senate Hearing on Mobile Privacy
Ashkan Soltani joined speakers from Apple, Google, and elsewhere in discussing location-tracking at Senator Al Franken's hearing
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Quincy Cashes in on the Cloud
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Computers
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Here's Spotify's Master Plan: Tackle iTunes Head-On
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Digital Entertainment
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Internet
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Science
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Social Media
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Software
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