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Skype Updated: Adds New Chat And Dialpad Views, Fixes Bugs, ...

Everyone’s favorite VoIP apps, Skype (free) and Skype for iPad (free), have recently received updates. Now, fans of the iPhone application can enjoy a new interface for both the chat mode and dialpad, while both apps should be more [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype releases updated iOS app with revamped interface and b...

If you're an iOS user who relies on Skype for communication, there are freshly-updated iPhone and iPad apps waiting for you to download. The biggest change you'll notice is that the chat interface and the dialpad have been revampe [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype Helps Dad On Deployment Watch Son's Basketball Games

KINSTON -- The Lopez family isn't letting a few thousand miles keep them apart. They are using Skype to make sure Andrew's father, a hospital corpsman stationed in Afghanistan, gets to see every Kinston Vikings basketball game. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Cisco's Skype Appeal, Windows Phone Tango Marked Microsoft W...

Microsoft’s biggest event of the week could also prove troublesome in coming months. On Feb. 15, Cisco Systems announced that it will appeal the European Commission’s approval of Microsoft’s Skype acquisition. “ [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype co-founder wants to give you free mobile broadband

Niklas Zennstrom changed the telephone industry when he co-founded VoIP juggernaut, Skype. Now he's preparing to attack the industry again with the introduction of free mobile broadband from FreedomPop. FreedomPop today announced that [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype’s the limit as Manchester council staff have online vi...

Council workers are to use video conferencing technology such as Skype to slash travel costs – and help the environment. Manchester town hall bosses have ordered staff to consider video-linked calls over the internet rather than arr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft May Integrate Skype with Lync

Microsoft's tactical strategy to link Skype and Lync together vividly implies that the company wants to widen the Office platform. Lync facilitates both audio and video conferencing while Skype on the other hand can be technically def [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft exec: Lync-Skype integration a 'compelling opportu...

Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company executive said on Wednesday. Micros [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

How to make video Skype calls on HDTV with AirPlay Mirroring

Sometimes you want to make video calls between two groups of people, not just individual person-to-person calls. For such occasions, here are a few little tips that will make the experience of placing video calls on your iPhone 4S a much [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype Connects Celentano, Kenyan Kids

Fourteen eighth-grade students from Celentano Museum Academy explored the other side of the world in a Skype conversation with students from Kenya on Tuesday morning. “It was a great experience for all of us,” said Juan Santia [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype Lands on Nokia Symbian Belle

Massively popular VoIP platform Skype has dished out a brand new variant of its mobile application for the Symbian Belle users. Prior to this, users of Nokia smartphones powered by the Symbian Belle OS had no way to run Skype on their dev [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype 5.8 for Windows released -- get it now!

Less than three months ago, a beta version of Skype was unveiled that boasted a number of new features. The latest update to the popular VoIP tool sees the software jumping straight to version 5.8, finalizing some of the features found in [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype for Windows Phone app to begin beta testing soon, rele...

Microsoft first revealed the Skype for Windows Phone app back in MIX 2011 last year, way before Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype. It had almost been a year without further news about the app, and finally during CES 2012 in [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

NASA sends science lesson directly to Ridgedale classroom

MARION -- A Ridgedale Junior High School science teacher got some help from NASA on Monday as she talked about the moon and satellites. Catherine Brennan, who teaches eighth-grade science, took advantage of a free program that lets s [...]