http://clipmarks.com/popular/date/2007/5/31/http://rss.clipmarks.com/popular/date/2007/5/31/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4002589C-44E0-46E3-A5DE-35CD345DF1BB/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/adamc/">adamc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> First it was rumored at <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AD2C8D5E-24FB-44F5-8B9D-8DADB4D13C01/">$40-45 million</a>, then <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/5DF7BDB2-3F9A-41F2-8663-40BDB469602A/">almost inked</a> and now it's official. Will be fascinating to watch how they integrate it -- the Skype-Stumbleupon combo could be a compelling experience. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22447&hed=eBay+Makes+Social+Networking+Play" title="http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22447&hed=eBay+Makes+Social+Networking+Play">www.redherring.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>Consumating a long-rumored deal, Internet auctioneer eBay agreed on Wednesday to acquire social bookmarking site StumbleUpon for $75 million.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN>A bulletproof method for spending hours of time web surfing—5 million recommendations are made daily—StumbleUpon provides users with an easy and community-oriented way of discovering new and unexpected sites.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">One blogger argued that StumbleUpon would enable eBay to circumvent search giant Google, by embedding a StumbleUpon search box into its Skype client.</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ebay/" rel="tag">ebay</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/stumbleupon/" rel="tag">stumbleupon</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/acquisitions/" rel="tag">acquisitions</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/web/" rel="tag">web</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/internet/" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/social+networks/" rel="tag">social networks</a></div>http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22447&hed=eBay+Makes+Social+Networking+PlayThu, 31 May 2007 18:56:15 GMT