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Skype Gets Into Group Messaging With GroupMe Buy
Skype shows off some more acquisition aggression by picking up group messaging start-up GroupMe for around US$ 80 million. Skyping in Groups Leading VoIP service, and Microsoft acquiree, Skype is making a lot of headlines these days. Last week, it launched its own Wi-Fi app for iOS devices to encourage
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Skype's Wi-Fi Service Hits iPhone/iPad
Skype (news, site ) has unveiled an iOS app that will let users log on and use over a million Wi-Fi spots around the world on a minute-by-minute billing basis through their Skype accounts.
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Cross-Platform Video Conferencing Gets Better With Skype's iPad App Finally Online
Skype (news, site) has grown to be the darling of social media news lately, with Microsoft's US$ 8.5 billion acquisition and the newly-implemented tight integration with Facebook. One thing has been lacking for some time now, though, and that's the much-anticipated official app for the iPad
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New Android App Will Boost Viber's High-Definition Voice Numbers
HD Voice company Viber's (news, site) public release of its Android app gives it a great chance at becoming the next Skype. A Positive Vibe Viber's success with its iPhone app now runs to some 11 million user-minutes per month, according to the company.
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Enterprise 2.0 Roll-up: The Story of Facebook and Skype, Zoho's Mobile CRM App & How to Deal with Social Malware
Skype and Facebook owned the headlines this week with their integration news. Meanwhile, yet another of Zoho's apps went mobile and we took a look at how to manage the malware that comes through social networks. Facebook + Skype And then suddenly Skype was the hottest property on the planet,
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Mobile Enterprise: Common Courtesy, Online Phone Calls, Weather
This week the mobile enterprise celebrates Cell Phone Courtesy month. So if you would kindly stop playing Angry Birds for just a moment, it would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
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Reaction to the Facebook/Skype Video Chat Launch
As users start checking out each other's latest hairstyles/facial hair and other distinguishing features thanks to Facebook's (news, site) new video chat feature, what do the industry bigwigs make of it? Facing Up To Facts The much-reported tie-up between Skype and Facebook has got everyone talking, largely
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Facebook's Answer to Google+: More Chat
Facebook and Skype have announced an in-browser video-based chat feature as its next big thing.
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Skype for iPad on the Way
A full-featured Skype app is heading to the Apple (news, site) iPad, despite its recent high-ticket purchase by Microsoft. A Skype for All With just a few legal aspects to settle, Microsoft all but owns Skype, but is still keeping up its promise of letting the
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Enterprise 2.0 Roll-up: #e2conf Highlights, Empire Avenue & Skype + Facebook
For this week's roll-up we've got some of the hottest news from this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, as well as some thoughts on your digital worth. That is, what buying and selling shares in social media entities, be they people, brands or blogs, might mean for the future.
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Google to Bake Skype Competitor Into Chrome
Skype (news, site) may want to watch its back. Shortly after releasing WebRTC, an open-source software project for audio and video chat, the great Google is beginning to build it into the Chrome browser. Lowering Technological Barriers We originally guessed at the coming features when Google acquired
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Skype Enhances Facebook Integration, Adds Chat Features
Skype and Facebook have been playing nice for some time now, but this week the VoIP provider announced deeper integration in version 5.5 Beta for Windows.
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Microsoft's Skype Buyout Approved as Layoffs Hit
Microsoft (news, site ) has been given regulatory approval to buy Skype, clearing the way for the $8.5 million deal. The FTC Says 'Yes!' Microsoft has cleared the last hurdle in its attempt to buy Skype, gaining Federal Trade Commission approval for the deal.
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Skype Down Again; Microsoft Having Buyer's Remorse?
I'm the kind of person who always has a device close at hand. I check email and messaging before I brush my teeth. A few friends around the world were missing this morning, however, due to the outage of Microsoft's (news, site) recent acquisition Skype (news
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