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Bookmark or Share- Skype is Founded - History of InformationIn August 2003 Swedish entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis, and the Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu launched the peer-to-peer voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony service, Skype. The name of the company evolved from "Sky peer-to-peer" or "Skyper."
- Skype - WikipediaSkype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström, from Sweden, and Janus Friis, from Denmark. [20] The software was created by Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, Jaan Tallinn, and Toivo Annus. [21] Friis and Annus are credited with the idea of reducing the cost of voice calls by using a P2P protocol like that of Kazaa. [22]
- “How can they be so good?”: The strange story of SkypeIn 2000, as dot-com fever swept America, an entertainment and news portal called Everyday.com brought together a sextet of European revolutionaries. It began with two people from the Swedish...
- The Skype Mafia: Who Are They And Where Are They Now? - ForbesJanus Friis, cofounder and CEO of Starship Technologies. Google has Sergey and Larry. Skype had Niklas and Janus. Skype had several cofounders, but Friis, a 43-year-old from Denmark, is...
- Janus Friis | Biography, Skype, Joost, KaZaA, & Facts - Britannica MoneyJanus Friis, Danish e-commerce entrepreneur who, with Niklas Zennstrom, created various Internet businesses, notably KaZaA, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application; Skype, a communication software; and Joost, a video service.
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