News tagged with skype
WOWD, the real-time search engine
(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail
(AP) -- Google is adding a new e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones.
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Skype recovering after major outage
Skype was recovering on Thursday from a major outage that left millions of people unable to use the popular Internet communication service.
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Skype to unveil group video chat function
(AP) -- Internet calling service Skype plans a public "beta" test of a group video chat function that lets up to five people participate in a video call simultaneously.
May 05, 2010 |
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The sound of seduction: Lowering voice may be means of signaling attraction
the preening, the coy eye contact - but voice plays a role, too.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 20, 2010 |
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Egypt bans international Internet voice calls
Egypt has banned international calls made through mobile Internet connections, one of Egypt's top three mobile phone operators said on Tuesday, which would include internet Skype calls.
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Augmented ID App For Smartphones: Will It Encourage Criminal Behavior? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When you snap a photo of your daughter Lucy with your smart phone camera, Polar Rose software can identify her face and automatically store her photo in your Lucy file. Now, Polar Rose along ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Samsung releases the D9500 3D 75-Inch LED TV
(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung has officially announced the creation of the D9500 TV today. This very large screen TV, which comes it with 75 inches of screen, is not only bound to take up most of your wall space, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 09, 2011 |
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ASUS Launches Skype Certified Standalone Touchscreen Videophone
ASUS today launched a Skype Certified touchscreen videophone dedicated to unlimited video calling over the Internet -- the ASUS Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Verizon challenges FCC's net neutrality rules (Update)
Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP
(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Mobile video calls the next frontier, says Skype head
Making video calls from a mobile phone to TV sets or computers will be the next frontier for information technology, the head of Internet telephony pioneer Skype said Tuesday.
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices
The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 25, 2012 |
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China to go after Internet phone services
(AP) -- China is going after Internet phone services such as Skype in a move to protect the country's state-owned telephone companies, causing alarm among consumers who rely on cheap Internet calls.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Skype comes to Nokia smartphones, companies say
Mobile phone giant Nokia said on Wednesday that its smartphone users could begin making free calls after it teamed up with Internet phone pioneer Skype which permits free calls.
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Skype
Skype (pronounced /ˈskaɪp/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service, and in some countries to free-of-charge numbers, are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.
Skype was written by Estonia-based developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, who had also originally developed Kazaa. The Skype Group, founded by Swedish-born entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and the Dane Janus Friis, has its headquarters in Luxembourg, with offices in London, Tallinn, Tartu, Stockholm, Prague, and San Jose, California.
One of the initial names for the project was "Sky peer-to-peer", which was then abbreviated to "Skyper". However, some of the domain names associated with "Skyper" were already taken. Dropping the final "r" left the current title "Skype", for which domain names were available.
Skype has experienced rapid growth in popular usage since the launch of its services. The company was acquired by eBay in September 2005 for $2.6 billion. EBay has written Skype down to $1.7 billion on its books and announced a public stock offering for 2010 to spin Skype off as a separate company.
For more information about Skype, read the full article at
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