Comments on: What Now for Skype, StumbleUpon? http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/ A Canadian Take on the Web Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Skype: The Rodney Dangerfield of Telecom | Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-53323 Skype: The Rodney Dangerfield of Telecom | Mark Evans Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:21:57 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-53323 [...] question facing eBay and its new president, John Donahue, is what to do with eBay (and StumbleUpon and Craigslist, for that matter). Do you sell Skype, and wash your hands of an acquisition that [...] [...] question facing eBay and its new president, John Donahue, is what to do with eBay (and StumbleUpon and Craigslist, for that matter). Do you sell Skype, and wash your hands of an acquisition that [...]

]]> By: katie http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-42322 katie Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:44:49 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-42322 Personally I think Ebay should sell StumbleUpon for whatever it can because there is better sponsorship out for the company. ebay is a great starting out point that will prove SU has great potential. Skype on the other hand was a huge investment and has gained in popularity and products in the past couple of years. I think with eBay as a backer, it will continue to gain momentumun in the VoIP community. That in turn will get the public to trust and use other services as well like my client ooVoo, which is a similar VoIP service that offers 6 way face-to-face communication and video messaging. VoIP and web raters are here to stay! Personally I think Ebay should sell StumbleUpon for whatever it can because there is better sponsorship out for the company. ebay is a great starting out point that will prove SU has great potential. Skype on the other hand was a huge investment and has gained in popularity and products in the past couple of years. I think with eBay as a backer, it will continue to gain momentumun in the VoIP community. That in turn will get the public to trust and use other services as well like my client ooVoo, which is a similar VoIP service that offers 6 way face-to-face communication and video messaging. VoIP and web raters are here to stay!

]]> By: What Social Media Tools Are You Using? « BlogCampaigning http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-42270 What Social Media Tools Are You Using? « BlogCampaigning Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:00:11 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-42270 [...] BlogCampaigning Public Relations, Political Campaigns, Technology, Social Media, Web 2.0: A blog analysis « Is Toronto Crime Stoppers a Social Media Success? What Social Media Tools Are You Using? January 31, 2008 As a result of a long vacation over the Christmas break, I was able to spend a lot of time exploring StumbleUpon. Although I feel like I might be a little bit late to the party with this one, I think that it is a very clever bit of design and I’m looking forward to playing with it a bit more (despite Mark Evans finding it only “quasi-interesting”). [...] [...] BlogCampaigning Public Relations, Political Campaigns, Technology, Social Media, Web 2.0: A blog analysis « Is Toronto Crime Stoppers a Social Media Success? What Social Media Tools Are You Using? January 31, 2008 As a result of a long vacation over the Christmas break, I was able to spend a lot of time exploring StumbleUpon. Although I feel like I might be a little bit late to the party with this one, I think that it is a very clever bit of design and I’m looking forward to playing with it a bit more (despite Mark Evans finding it only “quasi-interesting”). [...]

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-40808 Mark Dykeman Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:07:13 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-40808 I think Skype's technology will become commoditized faster than StumbleUpon's. I think StumbleUpon, particularly its underlying community and engine, could ultimately become more valuable that Skype. I think they should think twice before they dump StumbleUpon. I think Skype’s technology will become commoditized faster than StumbleUpon’s. I think StumbleUpon, particularly its underlying community and engine, could ultimately become more valuable that Skype. I think they should think twice before they dump StumbleUpon.

]]> By: Aidan Henry http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-40303 Aidan Henry Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:05:27 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/01/25/what-now-for-skype-stumbleupon/#comment-40303 In theory, I think Skype was supposed to (somehow) integrate into the eBay platform so that buyers could speak with sellers. Don't ask me how. StumbleUpon is more interesting. I really had no idea how it might integrate, but then a thought popped into my mind. Doesn't SU based itself off some sort of recommendation engine that learns from your decisions and behaviours? Perhaps eBay is working on an algorithmic recommendation engine, somewhat akin to Amazon. Or... maybe I'm just plain nuts. In any case, I never really saw fit for either acquisition in the first place. Cheers, Aidan www.MappingTheWeb.com In theory, I think Skype was supposed to (somehow) integrate into the eBay platform so that buyers could speak with sellers. Don’t ask me how.

StumbleUpon is more interesting. I really had no idea how it might integrate, but then a thought popped into my mind. Doesn’t SU based itself off some sort of recommendation engine that learns from your decisions and behaviours? Perhaps eBay is working on an algorithmic recommendation engine, somewhat akin to Amazon.

Or… maybe I’m just plain nuts. In any case, I never really saw fit for either acquisition in the first place.

Cheers,
Aidan
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com

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