Vonage Extensions offers cheap international calling from any phone
Vonage already offers its customers very competitive flat-rate unlimited calling. But apparently the company feels that making those calls from phones attached to your Vonage router (or the company’s...
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Google offers international Gmail voice calling now in 38 languages and with...
Gmail voice and video chat have been around for years, but it was just one year ago that Google made calling from Gmail to mobile and landlines possible thanks to Google Voice. Calls…
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VoIP company Messagenet begs EU to consider Microsoft-Skype antitrust concerns
No one really thought that Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype would be smooth as silk. Skype is, after all, an entirely different beast than some of the independent app and game development shops Microsoft…
View ArticleMicrosoft seals Skype deal
It’s official, folks: Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is a done deal. The two companies can now forge ahead with whatever plans for dominating world communications they’ve hatched, though chances are...
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AT&T releases VoIP app for expensive international calls
AT&T has released a new app called Call International, which allows users to place VoIP calls over the network. While this can certainly be less expensive than standard international calling rates,...
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Republic Wireless unveiled: an interview with GM Brian Dally
The mobile market in the United States has been engineered over the past 10-15 years to keep new players from entering the game. Companies that do not already own their own spectrum…
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30 days with Republic Wireless
The mobile networks in the US are designed to prevent new competition from entering the market. The US isn’t likely to see a new carrier to deliver a service that functions the same…
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WebRTC goes live in Google Chrome Dev channel, enables Skype-like communication
It’s been almost two years since Google acquired Global IP Solutions, a company that developed audio and video software with a focus on VoIP. The acquisition gave Google access to some top talent…
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Microsoft Skype merger to be challenged in court by Cisco
The tablet above is the Cisco Cius, one of the more interesting Android tablets around — both because of its outrageous price tag and that fact that its main selling point is that…
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Skype for Windows Phone goes beta
You can cross another one off the list of Windows Phone‘s platform shortfalls: a Skype app is finally available to use. The only issue, of course, is that first-gen Windows Phone devices didn’t…
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Skype for Xbox is coming
You’ve got an Xbox 360. You’ve got a Kinect sensor. The chances you are also connected to the Internet are also pretty high. Does it come as a surprise, then, to hear that…
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Skype for PS Vita released, one-ups Windows Phone version
Just days after Windows Phone users got their hands on a non-beta Skype app, it has arrived for PS Vita owners, too. And in what must come as an unpleasant shock to the…
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Microsoft updates Skype to use secure Linux servers instead of P2P supernodes
Everyone expected things would change when Microsoft bought the VoIP provider Skype last year. It appears that Redmond is now making Skype its own. According to security researcher Kostya Kortchinsky,...
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Cisco axes the Cius tablet
Last week Cisco officially pulled the plug on the Cius, their 7-inch tablet aimed at the business sector. After trying to carve a niche in the tablet space for a year and a…
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Skype 4.0 for Linux now available
Anyone who uses Skype on Linux will be happy to hear that a new version has been made available today, bringing with it a host of essential updates and new features. Skype 4.0,…
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Twilio/Node.js hacker builds phone-controlled robot
Whenever I come across a new product or technology, the first thing I like to ask is, “How will this help me build a robot, and potentially take over the world?” In the…
View ArticleSkype accounts can be hacked with an email address
A vulnerability has been made public today that allows anyone to gain control over a Skype account. All you need is the email address of the account and within a few minutes you…
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BATMAN wants to break Android free from WiFi
There are plenty of reasons to want an ad-hoc network at your disposal. Whether it’s for file sharing between a tablet and something like a WiDrive or for communication between smartphones, it’s more…
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Skype protocol reverse engineering ruled legal in French court
Microsoft has lost a legal battle today, and no, it wasn’t with an Android OEM. This fight was with a French company that’s going to reverse engineer the communication protocol utilized by Skype. […]
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