Skype has agreed to acquire New York-based start-up GroupMe, a move that gets the Internet-calling giant into the increasingly crowded business of providing group messaging services on smartphones.

Skype has agreed to acquire group messaging app start-up GroupMe, the companies announced Sunday. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the price has been reported at $80 million to $85 million.

Skype agreed to acquire the New York-based start-up GroupMe, a move that gets the internet calling giant into the increasingly crowded business of providing group messaging services on smartphones, ...

Just months after being acquired by Microsoft, Skype has gone and bought the popular US group messaging app company GroupMe for between US$50m and US$85m. GroupMe enables group SMS conferencing so ...

PanARMENIAN.Net - Skype has agreed to acquire New York-based start-up GroupMe, The Wall Street Journal reported. GroupMe's application lets users text and make conference calls with circles of friends ...