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Skype Bug Sends IMs to Wrong Recipients, Hotfix in the Works
If you're a Skype user, you might just be sending private instant messages to the wrong contacts. Skype recently acknowledged a bug in its system that sends private IMs to the wrong recipients, and is working on a fix. Skype is often regarded as a secure and private platform for
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Microsoft Shows Off Windows Phone 8 at Mobile Summit
Hot on the heels of the Surface launch, Microsoft is showing off its future in smartphones with an early look at Windows 8-powered Apollo phones. On With the Show Microsoft's unveiling of Surface tablets has got the tech world buzzing, but without a credible smartphone offering why would consumers
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Skype Conversation Ads Now Part of the Free Service
A conversation on Skype is between you, the person on the other end -- and an advertiser. That’s the thinking behind the service’s new, targeted Conversation Ads. The ads, launched last week, were described on the Skype blog by Sandhya Venkatachalam, General Manager and Vice President of Advertising and Monetization,
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Microsoft Buying Yammer, Boosting Enterprise Social Networking in SharePoint?
Rumor that Microsoft is buying Yammer has swept the enterprise social networking company's office this week. Now, Bloomberg has news that a $1 billion deal is on the cards. Grab Your Partners Hot on the heels of Salesforce.com's purchase of Buddy Media earlier in the month, it is Microsoft's turn
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TU Me: A New VoIP and Social Comms iPhone App from Telefonica
Global No. 3 communications service provider, Telefonica has had enough of users going with Skype and other solutions for off-network communications. It now offers its own app, TU Me, for iPhone users to chat, share and message, with Android support coming soon.
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Cisco Brings Jabber to iPad and Windows to Extend TelePresence Offering
Cisco is upping its game in the collaboration and unified communications market, bringing its Jabber video and TelePresence offerings to new platforms and broadening users mobility and connectivity options to encourage wider enterprise adoption.
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Video Call Facebook Friends with Skype 5.6 for Mac
Skype 5.6 for Mac includes automatic updates, an improved user interface, full-screen mode in OS X Lion, the ability to delete conversations and an awesome beta feature that connects Skype users to their Facebook accounts. Skype + Facebook I never had a problem with Skype on my Mac, so I
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A Pretty New Version of Skype Comes to Windows Phone #mwc
Last year Microsoft acquired Skype to widespread groans from users and competitors, but it doesn’t seem that Microsoft is second guessing its decision.
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Windows Live Will Reach End-of-Life With Windows 8
Microsoft's venerable basket of Windows Live services will live on, but the name is being retired. With the launch of Windows 8, something new is needed to unify and simplify Microsoft's offerings as it has to work across phones, tablets and desktops without sounding out-of-place.
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Skype App Finally Making its Way to Windows Phones
It seems odd that Microsoft has the hottest smartphone of the moment but doesn't have a Skype app for it, despite having paid billions for the company. That will change, "soon," as the Windows Phone bandwagon starts to really roll.
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Microsoft to Monetize Enterprise-Level Skype Features
When you spend US$ 8.5 billion on a company, you'll want to start earning some of that back someday, Microsoft thinks it has that figured out.
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Skype Coming to Consumer Electronics, App Store Open
Microsoft's Skype is pretty much everywhere in the computing space, but that's clearly not enough. Expect to see Skype in all kinds of other gadgets and electronic goods with the advent of SkypeKit which also boosts desktop application integration.
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Mobile Wrap: 4 Million iPhones Sell Today, Android Launch Next, Microsoft/Skype Official
October seems to be the month when all the action happens for smartphones, as the mobile players get ready for the next set of device and operating system hostilities.
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What Will Meg Whitman Bring to HP as the New CEO?
With the much-anticipated axing of Leo Apotheker, new CEO Meg Whitman has a mighty challenge on her hands to get Hewlett-Packard back on track.
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