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Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost

Skype's Dan Neary says in the past online consumer apps would never be considered business grade But with the cloud, those apps have become secure enough that you trust. SINGAPORE--The cloud computing revolution and momentum consumers have driven toward technology adoption are helping consumer- or Web-based businesses such as...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, cloud, Skype, Vivian Yeo CNET Asia

News items 2009-11-12

Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale

Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the company as part of a deal that will let Skype carry on using its core peer-to-peer technology. Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Internet, Finance, Skype, eBay, David Meyer ZDNet UK

News items 2009-11-06

Apple's app flap: Don't blame AT&T

ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his views on the recent iPhone related controversy--Apple's rejection of Google Voice. He says, AT&T was not behind the app rejection and that Apple should adopt it because it has already approved other VoIP apps such as Skype.

Tags: Rejection, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Telephony, VOIP, Smart Phones, Telecommunications, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Apple, Sam Diaz, Google, Google Voice, Skype

Videos 2009-08-10

Back-to-school tech for students

A look over 10 bits of technology a back-to-school student will need to get them through their next academic year. These are well thought out and recommended by ZDNet's resident student. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Student, iGeneration, School, Technology, Vaio, Storage, Drobo, Skype, Zack Whittaker, iPhone

Image galleries 2009-08-07

Setting up your Skype wake-up call

Want to get up on time for lectures? Set Skype to ring you when you need it by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Skype, Zack Whittaker, iGeneration, Windows, Vista, Windows 7, Productivity, Lecture, University

Image galleries 2009-01-29

Skype is back (for some); damage to reputation is done

Skype is back for some; damage to reputation is doneMaybe this is just academically?Well, seems to me this is more important on the academic field than the business field I might be totally wrong. Skype I think is a very good example of the Second Media Age products, and the...

Tags: Telephony, PRODUCTIVITY, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, skype, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2007-08-17

Conversion of Skype voice mail to SMS is on the way

Jim Courtney of Skype Journal certainly seems intrigued by a forthcoming service from SpinVox and Skype that will enable users to have all their voice messages converted and sent directly to their cellphones as an SMS when they are not at their PC.SpinVox notes that the caller’s Skype ID,...

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Blog posts 2007-08-02

Turns out there is a SkypeMe plug-in for Facebook: here's how

There already is a Skype Me plug-in for Facebook.You set it up like this:First, you log in to Facebook.Once you do so you can access your Skype-connected Facebook accounts on this page:Like so:After you've added specific Facebook friends to your SkypeMe, and you click on the green phone icon in...

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Blog posts 2007-07-31

Why not a Skype Me (or similar) functionality on Facebook?

Now, I bare my Facebook profile to the world.But no, you are not hallucinating at least I hope not.I say this because I have mashed in a "Skype Me" icon into the screen capture of my Facebook profile.What I'd really like to do is hack that Skype Me" icon into...

Tags: Skype, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-07-31

I hate hard-to-open, shrinkwrapped gizmos. Poll: don't you?

Yesterday I bought a Skype-certified, Logitech Stereo USB Headset 250 at Office Depot.Brought it home and tried to open it. Sounds easy enough.It was then that I once again encountered the shrinkwrap monster. Looked for an easy opening, but I am telling you, had a beast of a time trying...

Tags: Skype, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-07-19

Here's my interpretation of Skype's latest quarterly numbers

Phil of Skype Journal groks Skype-owner eBay's latest quarterly investor conference call for clues about how Skype is doing.Om notes the following factoids: New Registered Users, now stands at 220 million, versus 196 million at the end of the first quarter 2007. From Q4 2006 to Q1 2007, the...

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Blog posts 2007-07-19

Have you tried SnagIt-Skype mashup

OK, OK, maybe I overdid it with my doodlin' Google Earth-YouTube mashup.But now, here's a mashup that has a practical use.SnagIt-Skype.I've been using SnagIt as my screen capture tool for several years. Just upgraded to SnagIt 8.2.In doing so, I've noticed a cool feature I am just going to have...

Tags: Skype, Softphones

Blog posts 2007-07-11

Third-party Skype developers offer feature suggestions

A post by Skype Journal's Jim Courtney leads us to a Skype Developer Zone wiki page where third-party Skype developers offer their recommendations and added features for future versions of Skype. Proposals and reactions are due in by July 11, which is this Wednesday.Some may stay as recommendations, while others...

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Blog posts 2007-07-08

Nokia N800 user gets Skype up and running-thx to firmware upgrade

Dan, who writes the Nokia Tabletblog under the name ThoughtFix, emailed me this morning to let me know that he's installed the firmware that lets Skype run on the Nokia N800.Firmware- Software Edition 2007 version 4.2007.26-8 for Nokia N800.With Firmware installed he's successfully made Skype calls over the N800.Here's a...

Tags: Skype, Software

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Skype on Nokia N800 is a winner

Mobile device blogger Kevin Tofel is all revved up about seeing Skype running on an Nokia N800.Kevin spotted this at the Nokia booth, at the Digital Experience show in NYC. We're told that Skype will be on this device in July.Hey, wait a minute. Tomorrow IS July. (Gee where did...

Tags: Skype, Gizmo Project

Blog posts 2007-06-30

Skype-Toshiba pre-bundle: convenient but not transformative

I'm a bit late to this one (concentrating on the debut of (what was that again?) but I've just sipped a cup o' Joe a-cogitatin' about the meaning of this new program where Skype  will be bundled into several new Toshiba laptops.As fellow blogger Tom Keating notes, these will...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, Skype

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Skype without a headset: you have several alternatives

So you would love to use Skype but you don't want to be tied down to a headset?You're not alone. Headsets can be uncomfortable and because their use most often means you will be tied down to a PC, headsets can be inconvenient.If you've echoed that lament, you will be...

Tags: Skype, Products

Blog posts 2007-06-24

Skype releases 3.5 beta: here are the new features and enhancements

Skype's 3.5 beta has just been released, and is available for download here.Raul, who is one of Skype's official bloggers, thinks the big enhancements over the last notable rev, are: feature: Auto redial feature: Call Transfer feature: Device Indicators feature: Edit chat messages feature: Message history loading granulated feature: Private Telephone Numbers feature: Send contacts inside...

Tags: News, Skype

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Skype IM over BlackBerry? Success with IM+ for Skype!

Skype Journal's Jim Courtney writes that last night, he accomplished successful Skype IM connections over his BlackBerry.Jim was in Boston's Fenway Park, and he was conversing with his buddy and mine Alec Saunders. Alec's in Ottawa.Jim used  IM+ for Skype Software, which costs $25. Of course add SkypeOut calls to...

Tags: BlackBerry, Skype

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Skype Developer Program events featured at eBay Dev Conference

Jim Courtney of Skype Journal is at the eBay Developers Conference in Boston. And comes as no surprise eBay-owned Skype has a very visible presence, manifested by activities centered around the Skype Developer Program.Jim summarizes an eventful day:Lester Madden started off the day with a demonstration of the Skype Publishing...

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Blog posts 2007-06-13