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Mashup with Skype and win
Lots of companies are doing it, we just never expected it to come from Skype! They have officially entered the world of the mashup, and are celebrating in a big way. It's not a million dollars or anything, but its all about the creation isn't it. The Skype Developer Program wants your true innovative mashup. The mashup has to have some "skypeness" to it, and center around the application while being usable for businesses or consumers. Its gotta make people go WOW, while being robust and reliable enough to expand in the future. But most of all, it has to be different and new.
The prize bag holds a trip to Prague to receive the 2007 mashup cup, promotion of your mashup by the Developer Program, a mention in the September newsletter, and a frameable Skype mashup certificate.
Ok, so the prizing is a bit lame for an eBay owned company, but it's truly about your development skills and the spotlight you will enter. Isn't it? Deadline for entries is August 31st, and 10 runners up along with the winner will get promoted and published.
After spending the better part of an hour on 
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Lee said 4:19AM on 7-06-2007
Great, so they take all the thousands of great ideas, make a stack of cash using them and hand-out prizes to one/a few ppl.
"Ok, so the prizing is a bit lame for an eBay owned company, but it's truly about your development skills and the spotlight you will enter. Isn't it?"
Nope, it's about outsourcing creativity for next to free.
Where do I sign up? DOH
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Lee said 4:19AM on 7-06-2007
Great, so they take all the thousands of great ideas, make a stack of cash using them and hand-out prizes to one/a few ppl.
"Ok, so the prizing is a bit lame for an eBay owned company, but it's truly about your development skills and the spotlight you will enter. Isn't it?"
Nope, it's about outsourcing creativity for next to free.
Where do I sign up? DOH
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Pamela said 12:56PM on 9-30-2007
Is that what they are discussing here: a new Skype with more functionalities, such as Tv, Video, Radio, wallet...?
Check: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19165054-Skype-Video-leak-Whos-taking-up-a-battle-with-skype
And the 'leaked movie' they discuss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjpznRxNLY
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Matt said 6:05PM on 10-01-2007
@Pamela: This looks like more than just "a new Skype". If they manage to integrate all of these services (and make it work), this is truly a great step forward. The talk about the mobile phones interests me most. Any news yet what company is behind this?
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