Skype, Mount Merapi and da Vinci

So we released this piece of news today. Cool stuff eh. Leave your hurrah’s and comments on that blogpost. (For the record, I think this is one of the most exciting and significant news pieces/changes that Skype has… umm… basically ever done to date.)

So aanyway… the launch team was assembled in the “war room” and we had a beamer show us the news popping up in various channels. And this is what Google News came up with. I’m not sure what rules their robot uses for image selection, but this is kinda funny.

So the volcano image was somehow syndicated from Reuters’ “related news” for this announcement. The three related pieces apparently are:

• Mount Merapi erupts but some reluctant to leave. Yeah… I guess you could liken this announcement to a volcano in the telco industry. Reading the news must have been interesting for quite some people today.
• Bush to call for National Guard on Mexico border. Makes sense — Mexicans want to make free calls too and are now probably flocking to the US and the country needs to protect itself from everyone else eating up those calls. (Btw, hint to Mexicans — just get other people on Skype and then you can make free calls from any Internet-equipped computer.)
• How did the “Da Vinci Code” become a success? We honestly have nothing to do with that. Really.