Skype is best known for their easy-to-use peer-to-peer telephony client. They are clearly the leader in the field with a whopping ~215 million registered users. The company was purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $2.6 billion. Recently, the service made news when it was unavailable for use for about two days. The outage occurred when Microsoft’s Windows OS caused the simultaneous reboot of millions of computers due to a recently installed software patch. When millions of computers attempted to connect to Skype, it was quite a bit more strain that the servers could handle.
Their offices are pretty slick, and are of course, located in the same building as the Ebay offices we posted a couple days ago. One of my favorite elements of the office is the wall of clocks, which is made extra special by the addition of cuckoo clocks.
A little while back we posted some images of the Six Apart office in Tokyo. Ever since then I have been on the hunt for some images of their headquarters in San Francisco. Luckily, I just came across a video tour of the space which should be interesting to watch. I am torn between videos and pictures though. On one hand, I really like the walk through that videos can offer, but on the other hand, a still image’s quality can really make an office space look extra special.
Ebay, the worlds biggest auction site, is probably one of the only sites we have covered that everyone is already familiar with. That being said, there is no reason to waste your time before making our way to the images of their offices.
These particular offices are located in Stockholm, Sweden, and are look to be in the same building or floor as the Skype offices (Ebay owns Skype). The space itself looks pretty small, so I am curious to know what actually is done at this particular office.
Now, I know you are probably wondering why I am posting images of a company that makes baskets, but trust me, you will know after you take a look at their office building. Longaberger is located in Ohio and is sure to turn some heads as they drive by. The company makes baskets, wrought iron, and pottery stuff. Check em out below, and don’t worry, a normal tech post is coming next.
Skype is best known for their easy-to-use peer-to-peer telephony client. They are clearly the leader in the field with a whopping ~215 million registered users. The company was purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $2.6 billion. Recently, the service made news when it was unavailable for use for about two days. The outage occurred when Microsoft’s Windows OS caused the simultaneous reboot of millions of computers due to a recently installed software patch. When millions of computers attempted to connect to Skype, it was quite a bit more strain that the servers could handle.
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