News tagged with internet messaging service
Smartphone users develop new concepts of privacy in public spaces: study
With endless applications, high-speed wireless Internet access, and free messaging services, smart phones have revolutionized the way we communicate. But at what cost? According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the ...
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May 10, 2012 |
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Skype adds Facebook video chatting to software
Internet phone service Skype said Thursday that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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BlackBerrys buzz back to life after long outage (Update)
BlackBerrys across the world buzzed back to life Thursday, leaving customers outraged and threatening to cost the granddaddy of all smartphones more business when it's already struggling to keep up in a crowded ...
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Uzbekistan 'halts mobile Internet, SMS' for exam day
Mobile operators in Uzbekistan suspended Internet and messaging services for the duration of nationwide university entrance exams Tuesday in an apparent bid to prevent cheating, a report said.
Aug 02, 2011 |
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China web giant Tencent buys into film maker
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has bought a 4.6 percent stake in mainland film and TV producer Huayi Brothers Media to look at possible ways to combine film and new media, the firms said Tuesday.
May 10, 2011 |
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Last Internet provider in Egypt goes dark
(AP) -- The last of Egypt's main Internet service providers, the Noor Group, has gone dark.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Google unveils Web-free 'tweeting' in Egypt move
Google, in response to the Internet blockade in Egypt, said Monday that it had created a way to post messages to microblogging service Twitter by making telephone calls.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Microsoft gets legal might to take down spam botnets
With a judicial assist, Microsoft has perfected a new superweapon to shoot down botnets, the engines cybergangs use to deliver malicious Internet attacks.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Google Voice telecom service opens to all in US
Internet giant Google has opened its Google Voice telecommunications service to anyone in the United States interested in using a single telephone number for all of their phones.
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Twitter briefly blocked by hackers
(AP) -- Hackers briefly blocked access to the popular Internet messaging service Twitter, steering traffic to another Web site where a group reportedly calling itself the "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility.
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
Yahoo! on Monday vowed to fight Microsoft on a new frontier, saying that having the software giant power its online searches won't stop it from battling for the devotion of Web surfers.
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Google invites US soldiers to Voice telephone service
Google on Tuesday set out to recruit US soldiers as users of its Voice online telephone service, promising it would help military families stay connected.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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New mafia game hits up Twitter players for money
(AP) -- Twitter Inc.'s founders still haven't decided how to cash in on their popular Internet messaging service - to the delight of a rapidly growing audience. But the deliberate approach may not prevent a gold rush among ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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As Web communication shrinks, so do links
(AP) -- On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.
May 31, 2009 |
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Google hoping Web surfers will ride its 'Wave'
(AP) -- Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers.
May 28, 2009 |
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