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by jeff goldman on March 12, 2010
Samsung has announced plans to embed Skype software in its new Samsung LED 7000 and 8000 HDTVs.
"Voice calls will use Skype's SILK audio codec, which enables super-wideband audio quality,&qu...
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by jeff goldman on January 2, 2010
U.S. Air Force Captain Matt Howard recently married Lanessa Lawrence over Skype, after falling in love online.
"The chaplain, Air Force Capt. Jonathan Runnels - who'd given premarital counse...
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by jeff goldman on November 6, 2009
The battle over Skype has been resolved.
"The founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, will drop their lawsuits against [eBay] and a consortium of buyers whose bid to purchase 65 p...
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by jeff goldman on July 27, 2009
The Russian government is considering banning the use of Skype — because it's too competitive.
"A Russian business lobby and members of Parliament are in the early stages of drafting le...
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by jeff goldman on July 9, 2009
Skype recently released a series of significant updates - Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile, Skype 1.1 for the iPhone, and Skype 4.1 for Windows.
"[The] release of version 3.0 for Windows Mobile shoul...
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by jeff goldman on June 10, 2009
According to GigaOM's Jennifer Martinez, Skype unfortunately has no plans (for now, at least) to jump on the Palm Pre bandwagon.
"When Skype launched its mobile app on the iTunes App store in...
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by jeff goldman on June 3, 2009
voip provider sipgate launched in the U.S. this week, with the intention of competing directly with landline telephone services - and with Skype.
"Sipgate, which has operated a successful VoIP bu...
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by jeff goldman on May 22, 2009
Oprah dedicated her show today to singing the praises of Skype.
"On the show, titled 'Where the Skype Are You?,' Winfrey conducts video chats - via Skype - with people in weird places,&qu...
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by jeff goldman on January 10, 2009
Skype this week announced the launch of a 'lite' version of its software, a thin client designed for Android devices and Java-enabled mobile phones.
"Skype Lite is truly that: a back-to-b...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on June 18, 2008
Skype recently released a 4.0 beta version of their VoIP and instant messaging client for WIndows. It incorporates a new user interface that seems to focus more on video than on the IM or voice featur...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on May 30, 2008
I ran across a 2 year old piece from VoIP News out of Australia that suggests some industries want to ban Skype. Given the various attempts I've heard about with regards to blocking Skype, I can&#...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on May 1, 2008
Last week, I discovered-quite by accident-that the version of iSkoot for the Nokia N95 was sending the entire session in the clear. In short, your Skype credentials, and everything you were using iSko...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on April 23, 2008
While I've recently covered the Vapps HighSpeed Conferencing service, which takes full advantage of Skype's wideband codecs for fantastic audio quality, Vapps has also updated their High-Defin...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on April 2, 2008
It's hard to tell if this is real or got, given that this got published on Techcrunch on April 1st, but I have to agree, this makes sense. eBay clearly hasn't got a clue what to do with Skype....
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on March 11, 2008
A commenter to my post highlighting the Spam Over IM on Skype problem pointed out something that I am embarrassed I didn't pick up on: it's not possible to block the spammy invites from reachi...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on March 6, 2008
Phil Wolff over at Skype Journal details something I've noticed happening to me a lot lately: to get my attention. I get "friend requests" and "chat messages" from these people...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on February 26, 2008
Markus Göbel is claiming that he was told about an upcoming Skype client for Symbian at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. While he's not at liberty to disclose who it is, he can say t...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on February 21, 2008
I remember as a kid the old McDonalds signs where they'd say how many billions of hamburgers they've served. If you can find one of those old signs around today, it's likely to say one of ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on February 15, 2008
After mucking about with the various VoIP tools, I have realized that a Skype-to-Skype, under ideal conditions, is righteous. While I realized I panned the whole concept of HD VoIP a while ago, no oth...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on February 13, 2008
A while ago, I had ranted about how Skype really needs to be part of any so-called Unified Communications platform. Skype Journal picked up the rant and made a very salient point: "Skype makes no...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on February 6, 2008
If you use Skype on Windows, you might want to make sure that you're running the most recent version. Skype Journal, among others, lets us know that Skype has released a hotfix for a potentially s...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on January 31, 2008
If you have a Playstation Portable (PSP)- which might not be a lot of people-now you can use it to get onto Skype and make free calls over WiFi. Supposedly, you've got to have a Sony psp slim and ...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on January 15, 2008
This post by Phil Wolff at Skype Journal summarizes a couple of key questions I've had with regards to Skype. The answers come straight from interviews done with a couple of Skype executives by ZD...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 13, 2007
I got an email from the Skype PR folks on Tuesday letting me know that Skype has finally made it possible to get Skype Pro in the US. When you consider what you get for $3 USD a month, it's a litt...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 11, 2007
If you have a conventional or IP PBX and want to add the benefits and features of Skype, VoSKY has the solution for you. VoSKY, a wholly owned subsidiary of Actiontec Electronics, has actually made se...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 3, 2007
If you've been following along here on the VoIP Weblog, you know that I've been doing some experimentation with Skype's new High Quality Video. Unforuntately, my testing has been limited t...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 29, 2007
Jim Courtney of Skype Journal and I did some testing earlier this week with Skype's new High Quality Video feature. We also compared them to SightSpeed, whom is known for having excellent video qu...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 21, 2007
Yesterday, I did a call with Jim Courtney from Skype Journal. The intent was to eventually test this with the Logitech Pro 9000 that Skype's PR folks sent me. However, I had called him from my Ma...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 14, 2007
Being a curious lad, I decided to give the video-enabled Skype on Linux a try. The problem is, most of my native Linux machines aren't exactly current machines. I did the next best thing: ran Ubu...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on November 12, 2007
Skype has just released a beta version of their Linux client that supports what a number of people have been asking for-video! Good news for those folks who use linux all the time, whom are quite a v...
