Information Madness

Every action has its reaction. Ebay sold Skype for $2bn and that ended the EBay-Skype marriage for good.  What does that mean for me and you?

Well the first reaction came out today. Starting Friday, Skype is effectively pulling the plug on its Extras program, which was designed to help third-party developers create add-ons for Skype's VoIP service like emoticon enhancements, backup services, and music player plug-ins. Unlike Firefox's similar third-party extensions, not enough people were installing Skype Extras, Skype said in both an e-mail and in a blog post to developers.

Skype won't certify any new submissions, but it won't yank support for existing Extras. You'll still be able to install existing Extras through the Windows desktop client, and you'll still see them featured in the Skype shop. Skype will also continue to maintain its public application programming interface.