Skype buys streaming provider Qik
The US internet telephony provider Skype takes over the livestreaming specialist Qik.
Qik's software, which can be used to record videos on a cell phone and send them to the network, is available for more than 200 cell phones with a wide variety of operating systems and is partially pre-installed.
The takeover price was not communicated. Businessinsider.com quotes an amount of 150 million US dollars.
