Comments on: eBay’s expansion plans http://www.skthew.com/2005/09/20/ebays-expansion-plans/ A conscientious Malaysian who is concerned about the social-political development of his country from his backyard Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:59:18 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » What Happen to Skype in China? http://www.skthew.com/2005/09/20/ebays-expansion-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-63258 Global Voices Online » What Happen to Skype in China? Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:15:30 +0000 http://www.skthew.com/?p=285#comment-63258 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] 19th, 2005 at 14:50 pm MageP’s Lab » Blog Archive » eBay’s expansion plans: [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] 19th, 2005 at 14:50 pm MageP’s Lab » Blog Archive » eBay’s expansion plans: [...]

]]> By: Tech Blog http://www.skthew.com/2005/09/20/ebays-expansion-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Tech Blog Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:22:08 +0000 http://www.skthew.com/?p=285#comment-974 eBay acquisition of SKYPE has resulted in many speculations. Many wanted to comprehend why would eBay resolved to such move, is it the last mile coming ? my guess is that they are trying to stay-in competition. They were looking for a killer app..  (something which people can't live without daily) Yahoo's killer app - Free large Email, Messenger, Search Engine. Google's killer app - Free large Email, Search Engine, Tools, Advertisements, Messenger   MSN's killer app - Search Engine, messenger. it is only through killer app which consumers will not forget about the brand. This could means that killer app has the higher power than branding itself. Does this means that: 1. Do we use Yahoo, Google, MSN because of its abundance functionalities. or branding ? 2. Is branding starting to lose its appear? eBay acquisition of SKYPE has resulted in many speculations. Many wanted to comprehend why would eBay resolved to such move, is it the last mile coming ?

my guess is that they are trying to stay-in competition. They were looking for a killer app..  (something which people can’t live without daily)

Yahoo’s killer app – Free large Email, Messenger, Search Engine.

Google’s killer app – Free large Email, Search Engine, Tools, Advertisements, Messenger  

MSN’s killer app – Search Engine, messenger.

it is only through killer app which consumers will not forget about the brand. This could means that killer app has the higher power than branding itself. Does this means that:

1. Do we use Yahoo, Google, MSN because of its abundance functionalities. or branding ?
2. Is branding starting to lose its appear?

]]> By: MageP’s Lab » Blog Archive » Internet freedom http://www.skthew.com/2005/09/20/ebays-expansion-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-723 MageP’s Lab » Blog Archive » Internet freedom Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:39:48 +0000 http://www.skthew.com/?p=285#comment-723 [...] Last month, Chinese blogger Frank Dai wrote an article on Global Voices Online (GVO) where he talked about the Government effort on banning the usage of Skype. [...] [...] Last month, Chinese blogger Frank Dai wrote an article on Global Voices Online (GVO) where he talked about the Government effort on banning the usage of Skype. [...]

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