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Microsoft sorts out phones that couldn't access Skype

Microsoft has fixed a bug that made it impossible for about a dozen models of Skype-certified phones to log into the popular IM, VoIP and video-conferencing service. Microsoft said last Thursday it was deploying a solution to the problem, [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

CES: Nokia’s Lumia 900 Is Nice; Where’s Skype?

I took a stroll by Nokia’s (NOK) booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, in the Las Vegas convention center, to check out the “Lumia 900” phone that was unveiled during Monday’s keynote presentation by Nokia CEO St [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype ‘Impatient’ With Mobile Operators Pushes for U.K. Acce...

Microsoft Corp.’s Skype Technologies SA unit will step up negotiations with British mobile-phone operators that keep Internet-based calls off their networks after the country’s regulator indicated it may intervene. Ofcom sa [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Google, Skype, And Other Office Spaces Of The Future

Most of the companies for whom those offices were created are already broadly known: perhaps anyone can recognize a part of their brand identity incorporated into their offices. But what is more important, they have seemingly become pione [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype WiFi global access app available for iOS

Skype has released a new app for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches that can give travelers access to more than 1 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world, at places like hotels, airports, train stations and restaurants. The program, formerl [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

4 Tips For Skype Interview Success

Interviewers and interviewees can both agree that the job interview part of the hiring process sucks. It just really sucks. If you are the interviewee and in the hot seat, you’re panicked about first impressions and worried [...]

Posted On : Aug, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype introduces Qik Video Connect for iPhone

One-time Skype competitor Qik has released its latest app for video communications: Qik Video Connect for iPhone. The new program expands on Qik's work with video calling and broadcast. The app offers two-way video calls, and lets yo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

MWC 2011: Skype Access expanded to cover 500,000 hotspots

Skype announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today that the Skype Access program will be expanded in partnership with several Wi-Fi hotspot providers worldwide. Skype subscribers will be able to use Skype pay-as-you-go cred [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype Announces Mobile Partner Program for Operators

Skype today announced a Mobile Partner Program for operators in markets with low 3G broadband penetration. The program aims to bring the Skype experience to a broad range of mobile users and will enable carriers to differentiate their of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Foreign families given access to courtroom via Skype

The victims' families were not physically in the courtroom Friday morning for the sentencing of Peter B. Goldblatt, but virtually they were there. A laptop computer in a back corner of the courtroom streamed the proceeding live to th [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Hands-on With Skype For Sony BRAVIA Devices

One great new feature added to 2011 BRAVIA devices (TV, Blu-ray players, etc) is the embedded Skype application. The camera (CMU-BR100) used for Skype isn’t built into the television, and is sold separately. You can video call anyo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Chinese Regime Could Ban Internet Phone Services Like Skype ...

The Chinese regime is threatening to ban internet phone services like Skype. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced on its website that it’s going after (quote) "illegal Internet phone services."The [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype to Bring Video Chat to Apple Devices by January 2011?

Get ready, Apple—the exclusivity of your company's FaceTime video-chatting service for the iPhone might soon be drawing to a close. And it's going to take a service as large as Skype to make the first push into Apple's [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Fenton school uses Skype in classroom to connect to students...

Tomek-Eastern Elementary School is nearly 3,000 miles away from Bogota, Colombia, but through technology the two classrooms are meeting face to face. There were simultaneous giggles and “hellos” between students as they saw a [...]