If you were looking for a sign of how formidable this Nuance and Microsoft partnership would eventually become in the customer engagement and contact center space, here is your warning shot.
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EBay is Purging Skype Calls from its Marketplace
eBay issued a letter to its customers saying that it was removing the Skype-based click-to-chat or click-to-talk buttons from their listings, effective June 10. EBay’s management cites “limited buyer and seller usage”. But it is more likely that the company, which derives significant revenue by taking a percentage of the value of transactions carried out through its resources, had no incentive to encourage interactions, and the subsequent transactions, to be carried out over a synchronous voice or text-chat conversations.