Posts Tagged ‘ Skype ’

Acrobits’ Video VoIP-SIP iPhone Application Challenges Skype™ and Apple’s Facetime™

Acrobits, the world’s leading Mobile VoIP Applications development company has released its new combined Voice and Video application with SmoothFlow™ video technology for Apple’s i (get the story…) Related items IPsmarx Announces Launch of RAPID Multi-Tenant Cloud Based IP-PBX System Freephoo mobile VoIP launched in India T-Mobile launches Bobsled VoIP services for iPhone, iPad...

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Buying SIM Cards Outside The US: What You Need to Know

This past weekend I was standing in the lobby of my Dubai hotel and met a very frustrated and uninformed traveler from the U.S. He had purchased a SIM card from the concierge and thought he would save money by using it in combination with Skype to make free calls back to the U.S....

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VoIP companies win EU backing

EU ministers call for checks on telecom operators that penalise the smooth functioning of services such as Skype Voice-over-internet companies complaining that mobile and landline internet providers penalise the smooth functioning of their services got backing from EU ministers on Tuesday, who called for the European Commission and regulators to check on telecom operators...

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Skype for Android Plays Catch UP as VoIP Struggles on Mobile

Skype releases version 2.6 for Android, allowing users to send photos and videos to friends and family. As usual, it’s free and works over WiFi and 3G mobile data plan. Aside from added features, it also boasts improved video quality on devices using NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset which are present on devices such as...

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Spying Through Skype: Researchers Uncover Privacy Flaws that can Reveal Users’ Identities, Locations and Digital Files

Researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University and colleagues in France and Germany will soon notify Internet scholars of flaws in Skype and other Internet-based phone systems that could potentially disclose the identities, locations and even digital files of the hundreds of millions of users of these systems. (get the story…) Related items...

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iPhone 4S, Skype, Volkswagen: Hot Trends

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Popular searches on the Internet Friday include Apple’s new iPhone 4S which goes on Sale Friday. The latest version of Apple’s smartphone is available in the U.S., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the U.K., and is expected to beat sales of the iPhone 4 when it was released last...

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Italian VoIP firm challenges Microsoft/Skype deal

Microsoft’s massive $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype seems to be working its way through U.S. regulatory scrutiny without much trouble, but there may be a new wrinkle emerging in the European Union. Italian VoIP company Messagenet has written to the European Commission warning that if Microsoft is permitted to acquire Skype, it will...

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Chidambaram wants policy to intercept VoIP calls

The Home Ministry had asked the department of telecommunication to ensure access to all encrypted data, including that of international players such as Blackberry, Skype and even Gmail. (get the story…) Related items Acrobits’ Video VoIP-SIP iPhone Application Challenges Skype™ and Apple’s Facetime™ VoIP companies win EU backing Skype for Android Plays Catch UP...

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Congress Approves Skype VoIP Service with History of Faulty Security

On June 28, the House of Representatives announced that it had enabled its public WiFi network for the use of Voice over IP services Skype and ooVoo to communicate and hold teleconferences. (get the story…) Related items Hosted PBX VoIP Service Launched by Telephone System Provider HostedPBXip.com VoIP Innovations Expands its VoIP Termination Footprint...

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Net giants launch APAC lobby group

Google, Nokia, Skype, Yahoo and eBay yesterday launched the Asia Internet Coalition, an industry body that aims to foster an open internet. (here is the story…) Related items Four APAC telecoms trends to dominate 2012 Inditex Third-Quarter Profit Gains on Expansion in Asia, Internet Shopping China closed to outside Internet firms: eBay chief iPhone...

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