$2.95 Trillion Microsoft to Shutdown Calling App Skype (5/5/25) 14 Years after $8.5 Billion Acquisition in 2011, Skype Reported 36 Million Users in 2023 & 560 Million Users in 2010 Disclosed in IPO, Founded in 2003 by Sweden Niklas Zennström & Denmark Janus Friis & Created with 4 Estonia Developers
1st March 2025 | Hong Kong
Microsoft ($2.95 trillion market value) has announced to shutdown calling app Skype (5/5/25) 14 years after $8.5 billion acquisition in 2011. In 2023, Skype reported 36 million users, and had 560 million users in 2010 disclosed in IPO. Skype was founded in 2003 by Sweden Niklas Zennström & Denmark Janus Friis, and created with 4 Estonia developers. In 2025 January, Microsoft $26 billion (2016 acquisition) professional network platform Linkedin has received a class action lawsuit in United States for disclosing premium Linkedin customers private messages to 3rd-party to train generate AI models without customers’ permission, disclosing communication information including employment, intellectual property, compensation & personal matters. Linkedin had modified their privacy policies after public backlash, but did not offer to delete data from existing AI models or to retrain AI models. Microsoft which acquired Linkedin in 2016 for $26.2 billion, has a current market value of $3.3 trillion. View filing | Alessandro De La Torre vs LinkedIn Corporation
“ $2.95 Trillion Microsoft to Shutdown Calling App Skype (5/5/25) 14 Years after $8.5 Billion Acquisition in 2011, Skype Reported 36 Million Users in 2023 & 560 Million Users in 2010 Disclosed in IPO, Founded in 2003 by Sweden Niklas Zennström & Denmark Janus Friis & Created with 4 Estonia Developers “
Microsoft $26 Billion Professional Network Platform Linkedin Receives Class Action Lawsuit in United States for Disclosing Premium Linkedin Customers Private Messages to 3rd-Party to Train Generate AI Models Without Customers’ Permission, Communication Information Includes Employment, Intellectual Property, Compensation & Personal Matters, Linkedin Modified Privacy Policies after Public Backlash But Did Not Offer to Delete Data from Existing AI Models or to Retrain AI Models
26th January 2025 – Microsoft $26 billion (2016 acquisition) professional network platform Linkedin has received a class action lawsuit in United States for disclosing premium Linkedin customers private messages to 3rd-party to train generate AI models without customers’ permission, disclosing communication information including employment, intellectual property, compensation & personal matters. Linkedin had modified their privacy policies after public backlash, but did not offer to delete data from existing AI models or to retrain AI models. Microsoft which acquired Linkedin in 2016 for $26.2 billion, has a current market value of $3.3 trillion. View filing | Alessandro De La Torre vs LinkedIn Corporation
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