Taking another step into WhatsApp territory Facebook has updated its Messenger app for Android and iOS to support voice messaging. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 04, 2013
London: New eavesdropping technology could allow government agencies to 'silently record' conversations on internet chat services like Skype. Until now, so called voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services have been difficult to tap into, because of the way they send information over the web. The services convert analogue audio signals into digital data packets, which are then sent in a way that is costly and complex for third parties to...
04:21 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Paris: Instead of just "liking" - why don't you call? A simple proposition like this could lift Facebook's annual revenue by $800 million and give the social network a direct-billing relation with millions of users, the chief of mobile calling firm Rebtel told Reuters. Andreas Bernstrom said a Facebook voice service charging for calls going into traditional telephones could in theory create the world's second largest telecoms network by customers,...
10:15 AM, Jun 16, 2012
New Delhi: Microsoft has finally made available the full version of Skype app for Windows Phone platform. Using the Skype app for Windows Phone, users can engage in voice calls, video calls and texting with their contacts. This is in line with what Peter Wissing, director for Windows Phone at Microsoft, promised earlier this year. The Skype app v1.0 seeks permission from the user to access the device's phonebook and...
02:12 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Amsterdam: The Dutch parliament on Wednesday passed a law banning telecommunications providers from charging their subscribers extra fees for Internet services such as Skype and instant messaging. The law is intended to preserve open access to the Internet at a time when some mobile operators in Europe are blocking or charging extra for specific voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services including Skype and instant messaging such as WhatsApp, used on...
12:37 PM, Jun 23, 2011
New York: As two Internet powerhouses slug it out to tie the knot with Skype, Facebook looks likely to be a more aggressive suitor than Google, and the world's largest social network may make for a better fit. Reuters reported Wednesday that Facebook and Google are separately weighing partnerships with Skype, the popular web video telephony service used by millions around the globe for communication. Talks with Facebook and Google...
07:23 AM, May 06, 2011
New York: Facebook and Google Inc are separately considering a tie-up with Skype after the web video conferencing service delayed its initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has taken part in internal discussions about buying Skype, according to one of the sources. Another source said Facebook had reached out to the Luxembourg-based company about forming a joint venture....
12:38 PM, May 05, 2011
San Francisco: Internet telephone service Skype said it acquired mobile video company Qik for an undisclosed amount. Qik's service - available on more than 200 mobile phones, including Android and Apple's iPhone - lets users capture and share video across smartphones and the Internet, Skype said in a news release. Skype, partly owned by Web retailer eBay Inc, is expecting to raise up to $1 billion in an initial public...
06:39 AM, Jan 07, 2011
Beijing: 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. A notice by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on its website this month says it's working to fight "illegal Internet phone services" but doesn't specify any actions. Experts say companies like Skype operate in a legal grey...
08:43 PM, Dec 30, 2010
San Francisco: A new version of the free iPhone app for Skype SA will let users make and receive video calls. Users of the Internet calling and messaging service will be able to use both Wi-Fi and AT&T Inc.'s 3G cellular network. FaceTime software, which comes with iPhones, works only with Wi-Fi. The app, which is being released Thursday through Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, will let iPhone 4 and iPhone...
08:18 PM, Dec 30, 2010
New York: Internet phone and video service Skype went down in a global service outage on Wednesday, underscoring a weakness of the free online communication tool. Skype, partly owned by Web retailer eBay Inc, said some users were having problems signing on. Users in the United States, Asia and Europe complained of the outage on social network site Twitter. In its Twitter feed, the seven-year-old company apologized for the disruption...
11:45 AM, Dec 23, 2010
Mumbai: A National Emergency Telephone Number - 2611 - has been mooted by a Pune-based Telecom engineer as a versatile communication platform during emergency and disaster management in the country. Dial 2611, a National Emergency Telephone Number system (NETNS,) is designed and developed as a nationwide single telephone number assigned to integrate local, regional and national help lines and is easy to remember, Dinkar Borde, a scientist and an innovator,...
11:13 AM, Aug 10, 2010
New York: Skype, a provider of Internet telephone services, plans to raise up to $ 100 million in an initial US public offering of its shares, according to filings made to regulators on Monday. Analysts said this could be a bid by Skype's private equity owners to recoup some of their investment of more than $ 2 billion when they bought the company in November or an effort to entice...
10:48 AM, Aug 10, 2010
One can make calls to a landline phone or a mobile through a computer now. ...
01:59 AM, Aug 20, 2008
Roseau, Dominica: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting overtook India's Rahul Dravid to become the second highest Test run-scorer on Monday during the opening day of the third Test against West Indies. Ponting, who made his Test debut in 1995, moved past Dravid's career total of 13,288 shortly after tea. Ten balls after going one run ahead of Dravid, Ponting was dismissed for 23 without having added to his total. The...
01:22 PM, May 15, 2008
