Millions affected as Skype goes down
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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Facebook joins forces with Skype
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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Amazon's Kindle DX goes international
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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Motorola inks $310 mln deal with China Mobile
Motorola announced on Thursday it has agreed to provide China Mobile Communications Corp. (CMCC) with 310 million dollars worth of mobile telecommunications equipment and services.
Telecom
May 14, 2009
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Robocalls are unstoppable – 3 questions answered about why your phone won't quit ringing
When your phone rings, there's about a 50 percent chance it's a spam robocall. That's not probability – it's what the U.S. government agency regulating telecommunications says. U.S. mobile phone users received 48 billion ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 26, 2019
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Obama criticizes state laws that hurt broadband competition
Wading into a states' rights dispute over Internet access, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for the repeal of laws that prevent local communities from creating their own broadband networks.
Telecom
Jan 14, 2015
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Brazil wants Google, Facebook to store data locally
Brazil will press tech giants such as Google and Facebook to store Internet data pertaining to its citizens locally due to allegations of US spying, according to a regulator.
Internet
Sep 17, 2013
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Development of laser-enabling data transmission with ultra-low energy consumption
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has developed an ultra-compact semiconductor laser (LEAP laser) enabling 10-Gbit/s data transmission with the world's lowest energy consumption. The energy consumption for 1-bit ...
Optics & Photonics
May 28, 2013
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Skype to replace Microsoft Messenger in March
Microsoft on Wednesday sent out word that it will "retire" its Messenger online chat feature on March 15 and replace it with the Skype Internet telephony service it bought last year.
Internet
Jan 9, 2013
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Myanmar aims to bring mobile and Internet to masses
Myanmar fired the starting gun in the process of liberalising its communications networks in a move that could finally bring mobile and Internet access to the masses and drive international investment.
Telecom
Jul 10, 2012
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