https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Microsoft has decided to close the Swedish branch of video chat giant Skype. https://www.thelocal.se/20170328/skype-sweden-office-to-close Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:13:53 +0200 skype-sweden-office-to-close Sweden-founded video chat giant Skype has come out on the losing side in an EU court battle – in which judges ruled that its name is too similar to Rupert Murdoch's television corporation Sky and could confuse the public. https://www.thelocal.se/20150506/eu-court-backs-sky-in-row-over-skype-trademark Wed, 06 May 2015 09:11:27 +0200 eu-court-backs-sky-in-row-over-skype-trademark Skype, the internet messaging service co-founded by Swedish IT entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, has shrunk the world in ways few people anticipated, evolving into an essential part of life for those who live far away from family and friends. https://www.thelocal.se/20130829/49926 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:14:00 +0200 49926 Swedish telecom operator Telia has backtracked on a proposal from March to implement technologies that would have blocked mobile phone users in Sweden from making free calls using services like Skype and Viber, but has announced a hike in data prices. https://www.thelocal.se/20120924/43422 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:20:00 +0200 43422 The Swedish music industry has seen an increase in sales in the first half of 2012, with digital services like Spotify to thank for the boost, new figures show. https://www.thelocal.se/20120713/42000 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:53:00 +0200 42000 Swedish online music company Spotify will now see further competition on the home front after Rdio, a similar music streaming service, was launched in Sweden and Finland on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120704/41834 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:08:00 +0200 41834 Wrapp, a Swedish virtual gift card company, was launched in the United States on Monday, with founder Hjalmar Winbladh keen to see further success in the world’s Mecca for gift cards. https://www.thelocal.se/20120430/40558 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:12:00 +0200 40558 A record number of investors flocked to the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship Start-Up Day and have indicated that Sweden will be a hub for new start-ups in the wake of Spotify and Skype’s global success. https://www.thelocal.se/20120423/40430 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:04:00 +0200 40430 Swedish telecom operators want to implement technologies that will block mobile phone users in Sweden from making free calls using services like Skype and Viber. https://www.thelocal.se/20120328/39938 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:47:00 +0200 39938 Swedish entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, founder of Skype, and Andreas Ehn, founder of Spotify, spoke recently in Stockholm about the secrets to their success and why Sweden "punches above its weight" when it comes to producing tech start-ups. https://www.thelocal.se/20120216/39150 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:26:00 +0100 39150 The $8.5 billion sale of Skype to Microsoft in May not only proved that the age of big money IT acquisitions has a while to run, but also that Scandinavians and more particularly, Swedes, remain hot property in the world of high tech. https://www.thelocal.se/20110923/36324 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:10:00 +0200 36324 Skype, the IP telephony company founded and part-owned by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, has been bought bought by US software giant Microsoft, the firms confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20110510/33684 Tue, 10 May 2011 11:48:00 +0200 33684 Skype, the IP telephony company founded and part-owned by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, is planning an initial public offering of its shares in the USA, according to a report in the New York Times. https://www.thelocal.se/20100810/28290 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:57:00 +0200 28290 The Swedish founder of internet telephony software company Skype, Niklas Zennström, has been named the recipient of a prestigious prize awarded by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20090914/22072 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:55:00 +0200 22072 The Swedish and Danish founders of Skype, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are interested in buying back the IP communication company. https://www.thelocal.se/20090412/18810 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:05:00 +0200 18810 Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström has quit as CEO of internet messaging company Skype, in a deal that will see him and his co-founders share a $530 million payout. https://www.thelocal.se/20071002/8670 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:25:00 +0200 8670 The world's biggest internet auction company Ebay is to buy Sweden's Tradera for 365 million kronor. https://www.thelocal.se/20060424/3628-2 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:26:00 +0200 3628-2 Internet telephony company Skype is to enter a partnership with the Swedish directory firm Eniro. Among the options is a plan to make it possible to add Skype addresses to Eniro's database of postal addresses and telephone numbers, which is available on the internet. https://www.thelocal.se/20051020/2331-2 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:55:00 +0200 2331-2 Niklas Zennström, the Swede who made headlines last week for selling his Skype internet telephony company to Ebay in a multi-billion dollar deal, has slammed Sweden's high taxes and job protection and has laid into his fellow countrymen for being lazy. https://www.thelocal.se/20050919/2114-3 Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:00:00 +0200 2114-3 American web-auction company Ebay has bought internet phone company Skype in a deal worth up to $4.1 billion (around 31 billion kronor). https://www.thelocal.se/20050912/2064-4 Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:51:00 +0200 2064-4