Articles tagged «skype»
FBI, Obama Administration Create New Agency to Spy On Your Skype
In-Depth Business & Government
Enabled by the Obama administration, America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is on the brink of rolling out a specialist electronic surveillance unit with the power to spy on Skype conversations and other Internet...
Nokia Dumps Skype From Lumia 610
News Mobile & Telco
Nokia has decided that the Skype client doesn't run well enough on its lower end Lumia 610, after all. The mobile manufacturer made the Skype app available for download on the Lumia 610, even though Skype made it clear that 512MB...
Deutsche Telekom Launches Business Video Conferencing Solution
News Business & Government
Deutsche Telekom recently launched VideoMeet, a web-based video conference service whose aim is to make video calling as prevalent as voice calling. The service emphasizes affordable, user-friendly and secure video communication...
Skype Video Starts Lounge Invasion
News Consumer
US-based cable provider Comcast on Wednesday started rolling out a new service that will bring Skype video calling to customer's living rooms. The service, called Skype on Xfinity, will allow customers to make and receive Skype...
Angry Birds Leading To Angry Businesses
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile device management outfit Zenprise has just released its quarterly cloud report for Q1 2012, in which the firm notes that the number of apps blacklisted by businesses has tripled since the previous quarter. Interestingly,...
Telefonica Releases TU Me App For Free Texting And VoIP Calling
News Mobile & Telco
Advertised as a "free, all-in one global communicator", TU Me from Telefónica Digital has now been released for iPhone users. The Spanish company clearly wants to take on Skype and its WhatsApp. Any iPhone owner can use TU...
Skype For iPhone And iPad Update Improves User Interface
News Mobile & Telco
Skype has just updated its apps for iOS users, with Skype for iPhone and Skype for iPad at version 4.0 now available on iTunes since its release on 30th April. The updates deliver a new feature, giving users the option...
Skype: Ditch Emoticons, Switch To 'Humoticons'
News Web
They say that actions speaks louder than words, so Skype has put this theory to the test by asking users to swap emoticons for 'humoticons'. As part of its ad campaign mocking the likes of Facebook and Twitter, Skype has...
Late News: O2 to Ship Samsung Galaxy S3, PlayStation Vita Gets Skype, Facebook Celebrates 901 Million Active Users
News Mobile & Telco
24 hours after Vodafone, rival mobile phone operator O2 has confirmed that it will be selling the Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone via Twitter and called it the next Samsung Galaxy rather than the S3. The phone will be launched on...
PlayStation Vita Gets Skype
News Mobile & Telco
The Skype VOIP service will - as of tomorrow - be available in Europe on the PlayStation Vita, allowing Sony fans to make voice and video calls for both 3G and Wi-Fi versions of the touch screen handheld. The download will be...
AM News: Google to Offer 600 MGM Titles on Rent, Browser Based Skype App in the Making?, ICO Warns Toshiba Over Data Breach
News Business & Government
Google is looking to expand its cinematic horizons by announcing a partnership with Metro Goldwyn Mayer, introducing 600 of its titles to Google Play. Film lovers will now have the opportunity to rent out a selection of the...
Microsoft Job Posting Hints Towards Browser-Based Skype App
News Web
Looks like there's a bit of friendly fire along the videoconferencing front, as it appears that Microsoft is looking to compete with Google+ Hangouts by developing a Skype web app. After paying a staggering $8.5 billion...
Late News: Tool to Detect Flashback Trojan on Mac, Yahoo! Reorganisation Plan, Skype has 40 Million Concurrent Users
News Security
The number of Macs plagued all over the world by the Flashback malware is more than a half million and continues to grow. As Flashback is a silent assassin that has no symptoms and does not need user's interaction, the number of...
Skype Celebrates 40 Million Concurrent Users
News Mobile & Telco
Skype is celebrating another milestone, this time 40 million concurrent users. Near the end of February, the record was at 32 million concurrent users. The company celebrated in a blog post saying: "Today, we have seven billion...
Late News: Samsung Galaxy S3 to Sport 720p Super AMOLED Plus?, Sky Mulls 10K Wi-Fi Hotspots in UK, Google Project Glass
News Mobile & Telco
A Korean publication, DDaily, has reported that Samsung Mobile Display, one of the numerous entities that make up Samsung as a Chaebol, has started to produce the screen for the Samsung Galaxy SII; the display is said to be a...
