How Skype and Facetime became popular

By agutie16
  • Skype.com

    Skype.com

    Skype.com becomes a registered domain name. *note: April 1st wasn't the actual date.. It was sometime in April.

  • Now to the Public

    The first public beta version is released to the public. *note: Not actual date, but sometime in August.

  • eBay's purchasing

    eBay purchases Skype for an approximate $2.6 billion. *note: Not actual date, but sometime in October.

  • Videotelephony

    Video telephoney is introduced. Videotelephony uses the technologies for reception and the transmission of audio-video signals for communicating through people in real-time. *note: Not exact date.

  • Released!

    Skype 2.0 is released for Mac users.
  • Facetime

    Facetime

    Facetime was introduced on the iPhone 4 by Apples CEO Steve Jobs.

  • iTouch

    Fourth generation iPod touch is installed with Facetime.

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion.