Tag: Skype
Skype app for Windows Phone 7 almost ready
Skype for Windows Phone devices has neared completion, according to Microsoft's vice president of products Rick Osterloh. Revealing that the app" will be coming out soon", the video calling and VOIP application has long been a notable absentee on…
CES 2012: Samsung bringing Skype and Internet to your TV with InTouch
Samsung are looking to turn your regular HDTV into a web connected one with their newly-announced InTouch kit. Combining a Wi-Fi enabled Skype camera and unique QWERTY keyboard, it adds apps, high-definition video calling and the ability to browse the…
Spam Skype calls tricking users into virus downloads
An automated Skype call has been plaguing users of the video calling service over the last few days, encouraging them to download a dubious anti-virus program in order to protect themselves from non-existant threats. A computer-generated voice has been…
Second time lucky: Skype for iPad hits the App Store
First Skype giveth, then Skype taketh away. Then they… er… giveth backeth. The official Skype app has now gone live on the App Store, just hours after it was pulled by the developers. "To ensure your best Skype experience, we've…
Messagenet Talk start-up VoIP sets sights on Skype crown
Messagenet Talk, a new voice-over-internet and texting application for PCs, Macs, iPads, iPod touches and iPhones launches today, looking to offer a simple, cheap alternative to Skype and Google Voice. Offering free calls to PC and Macs, Messagenet Talk's main…
Avatar Kinect hits the Xbox 360
Avatar Kinect launches for the Xbox 360 today. Using the console's motion sensing add-on, users can voice chat with each other, and see their Xbox 360 avatar's mimic their movements on screen, right down even to their facial expressions….
Facebook adds in-browser video chat with new Skype partnership
Facebook and Skype have announced a new partnership that will see the pair join forces to bring video chat to the world's largest social network, alongside group chat. Via a downloadable plug-in, users will be able to video call…
Skype for Android gets video calling with new update
Owners of select Android phones with the Skype app today get an update that lets them use the popular VoIP client to make video calls too. Working over both Wi-Fi and 3G connections, users can use both front facing…
Skype in 2011 = $8.5 billion, Apple in 2004 = $7.5 billion
Just a quick stat here pointed out by Daring Fireball's John Gruber, following Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of VoIP company Skype. Roll back a mere seven years and Microsoft could have bought Apple for that much money, and still got…
Have Microsoft bagged Skype? [UPDATE – Yes, they officially have]
Remember last week when we told you that both Facebook and Google were fishing with big-money lures in an attempt to catch voice and video chat service Skype? Well forget that; it seems Microsoft are now the front runners to…
