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GigaOM (Free subscription) | yesterday
Meg Whitman, former chief executive officer of eBay, defended her decision to buy Skype in a radio interview with KTKZ’s Capitol Hour featuring Eric Hogue. Whitman is running for the office of the Governor of California on a Republican ticket, and is currently leading in the Republican primaries. Here is what she had to say [...]
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Skype Gear (Free subscription) | yesterday
FREETALK has been on a roll lately, coming out with a number of new headsets for Skype, including the Everyman. Now they've released a new and improved version of their wireless headset, the FREETALK Freedom Wireless USB Headset. I...
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TechDoggy (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In December, Skype will announce some new features for Skype for SIP (beta), which will make it more business-friendly. Skype for SIP, which is now p
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GigaOM (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
As a longtime Skype user who never felt that the service fit with eBay, I was thrilled to hear that it’s being spun off. And now I have some thoughts on how it can quickly and easily become an equally successful social network. In some respects, Skype already is the world’s largest social network, with hundreds [...]
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ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
We've been lucky enough to get our hands on leaked screenshots from one version of Rdio , the forthcoming music app from Skype, KaZaA and Joost creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Zennstrom and Friis were the original financiers behind peer-to-peer file sharing site KaZaA , but Rdio won't be following a free-for-all sharing model. Instead, Rdio will be a subscription music site similar to Spotify...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Children International, a global charity helping children living in extreme poverty, has deployed VoSKY's PBX-to-Skype Gateway to enable free Skype calling for employees, cutting the cost of long distance and international calls and improving collaboration and communication.
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You Served (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Troops to participate in virtual visits over Thanksgiving dinner for free with Skype SAN JOSE – (Nov. 9, 2009) Skype today announced the Holiday Military Connection program, which will allow hundreds of American servicemen and women stationed overseas to have the unprecedented opportunity to join their families stateside for virtual visits this holiday season, thanks to [...]
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The Next Web (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
ReadWriteWeb has secured the first screenshots of Rdio, the stealthy music startup. Rdio, founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis of Skype and Joost fame, will feature a subscription music model similar to Spotify. Currently in testing with a small number of users, Rdio features on demand streaming for a monthly fee, and eventually music by [...]
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Gadget (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
There's no official word on this yet, but the inimitable Michael Arrington says that Google's up and purchased VoIP company Gizmo5 for "around $30 million in cash." You know, pocket change for the crew in Moutain View. The deal would presumably bring Gizmo's SIP-based VoIP talents to Google Voice , taking it from quirky phone-management service to complete end-to-end calling solution, and...
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The Technology Cafe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Skype Founder got what they wanted – a renewed stake and board representation in the Skype that will be spun off eBay soon - the Scandinavian duo Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis can divert more of their attention again to the latest Internet venture they’re putting their weight behind: ...
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Euro Tech News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rather than spend millions on court cases it seems JoltID have made an agreement with Skype whereby Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will join the investment group that purchased Skype from Ebay and they'll get a 14% stake, Skype will gain control of the P2P technology that was previously licensed (or not as the case may have been). Though the P2P technology is now owned by Skype itself, there...
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PC World (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Google tends to shake up markets, so acquiring a VoIP vendor may mean cheaper and more accessible telecommunications.
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Skype Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Milestones are significant for us, not just because they’re big numbers, but because they reflect the actions of people around the world using Skype to stay in touch with friends, family and colleagues. Right now, there are 20 million people...
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Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
Months of legal wrangling over the fate of Skype ended Nov. 6. That's when parties sparring over the technology at the heart of the Internet-calling service reached a settlement, changing ownership of the business and removing a major impediment to eBay's attempt to sell most of Skype to a group of investors. The resolution lets Skype's new owners turn their attention more fully to ramping up growth...
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TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In addition to signing an agreement to acquire AdMob , Google is said to have inked a deal bringing Gizmo5 under its wing. Previously eyed by Skype, Gizmo5 is a San Diego-based company offering VoIP products for desktops/laptops, mobile phones and tablets. Gizmo5's solutions enable PC to PC, as well as PC to mobile/landline calls, IM, video calls, file sharing, and even text messaging. This all seems...
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prmac | 10/29/2009
SkypeCap today announced SkypeCap for Mac 3.6 , an update to their Skype video and audio session recorder for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, SkypeCap for Mac allows recording of audio and video conversation from Skype to video and audio files. SkypeCap for Mac saves your Skype sessions so that you could hear and watch them again later or share them with someone else. It fully integrates the...
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prmac | 09/02/2009
SkypeCap today announced SkypeCap for Mac 3.3 , an update to their Skype video and audio session recorder for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, SkypeCap for Mac allows recording of audio and video conversation from Skype to video and audio files. SkypeCap for Mac saves your Skype sessions so that you could hear and watch them again later or share them with someone else. It fully integrates the...
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eprnetwork | 08/25/2009
3CX today announced that it has released 3CX Gateway for Skype, which allows VoIP Phone System users to receive and make SKYPE ™ Calls company-wide 3CX Gateway for Skype is software based and will run on a non dedicated Windows System and on the same computer as 3CX Phone System . It is a free add-on for 3CX Phone System users, including those using the free edition . 3CX Gateway for Skype integrates