Japan's top telecoms company is developing a simple wristwatch-like device to monitor the well-being of the elderly, part of a growing effort to improve care of the old in a nation whose population is aging faster than anywhere ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 23, 2011
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(AP) -- Government regulators are planning to overhaul the $8 billion federal program that subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas in order to pay for high-speed Internet connections.
Telecom
Feb 8, 2011
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Skype was recovering on Thursday from a major outage that left millions of people unable to use the popular Internet communication service.
Internet
Dec 23, 2010
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Skype suffered an outage lasting several hours on Wednesday affecting millions of users of the Internet communications service.
Internet
Dec 22, 2010
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Japan's number two telecom operator KDDI said Monday it had formed a strategic tie-up with Skype to bring Internet-based communication services to its mobile smartphone users.
Business
Oct 18, 2010
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Skype and Facebook joined forces Thursday to let users of the popular Internet communications service chat with their friends on the booming social network.
Internet
Oct 14, 2010
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Yahoo! has announced that it has acquired Koprol, an Indonesian Internet service that lets people use mobile telephones to instantly connect with nearby people and places.
Internet
May 25, 2010
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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.
Telecom
Mar 23, 2010
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Amazon.com on Wednesday made its premier Kindle DX model electronic reader available in more than 100 countries.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 6, 2010
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(AP) -- Expanding the fund that subsidizes telephone service for poor and rural communities and finding more spectrum for wireless broadband services will be key pieces of a federal plan to bring high-speed Internet connections ...
Telecom
Dec 16, 2009
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