TC Roundup: Skype joins the social messaging club, with new video app Qik

Skype joins the social messaging club, with new video app Qik: If the mobile messaging market continues its trend of explosive growth, Microsoft certainly doesn't want to be left behind: The company's Skype division has just launched Skype Qik, a lightweight, video-only messaging app that allows users to send quick snippets of video (up to 42 seconds long) to a friend or group of friends. (Recode)

Eric Schmidt explains how arrogance cost potential Google employees half a billion dollars: Former Google CEO and current executive chairman Eric Schmidt can put a pretty high price on arrogance: about $500,000,000. (Venture Beat)

Facebook and Apple offer to pay for female employees to freeze their eggs: Facebook and Apple are making it easier for female employees to delay having kids and focus on their careers instead. Both companies have now offered to pay to freeze their eggs. (Tech Crunch)