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Vapps offers Wideband Conferencing using Skype or PSTN

Today, Vapps will be relaunching their free conferencing service (HighSpeed Conferencing) as a flat-rate monthly service with unlimited usage. When I asked Ben Lilienthal CEO, Vapps "why the change?", Ben explained that they have gone from using a narrowband codec... Full Story

Posted on October 23, 2007 12:00 AM

Skype Surpasses 10 million simultaneous users

In addition to the exciting Skype & Myspace news, Skype is celebrating surpassing the 10 million simultaneous users globally connected online to each other for the first time. Three years ago, on October 20, 2004, Skype had 1 million simultaneous... Full Story

Posted on October 17, 2007 2:01 PM

Myspace goes VoIP

TMC co-worker, Greg Galitzine, is reporting that Reuters stated Myspace will announce a partnership with Skype tomorrow. This is great news for Skype/eBay, but like I said before, I still think Skype itself could be a Facebook and MySpace social... Full Story

Posted on October 16, 2007 9:04 PM

iBasis Pingo Business gives SMBs freedom of choice

iBasis today introduced Pingo Business, an on-demand VoIP service targeting SMBs to offer low cost calling for up to 999 employees. The most interesting aspects are that employees can use their own fixed-line and mobile phones and administrators can set... Full Story

Posted on October 10, 2007 2:14 PM

Commodore legend Chuck Peddle, Skype, New Jersey, Sri Lanka, WiFi, VoIP...

What do Commodore legend Chuck Peddle, New Jersey, Sri Lanka, WiFi, voice & video over IP via Skype have to do with each other? Well, friend and fellow reporter Evan Koblentz has a cool article about Chuck Peddle using Skype... Full Story

Posted on October 10, 2007 11:45 AM

News Flash! eBay overpaid for Skype

Well, I am a huge fan of Skype, but I didn't need to be financial analyst to see that eBay overpaid for Skype when they acquired them for nearly $3 billion. Two years ago when the acquisition happened, I wrote,... Full Story

Posted on October 10, 2007 10:42 AM

Skype Could Trump Facebook in Social Networking

Facebook is the most popular social networking site right now. Putting aside some of my anti-social networking views for a moment (due to tons of LinkedIn, Facebook, Myspace email invites I get), why isn't Skype the #1 social networking application?... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2007 11:00 AM

Skype + Mouse = MouseFone

Apparently converging Skype with USB mice seems to be a trend. You've got the Sony VAIO VN-CX1/B Skype mouse, the BeyondTel VM-01L optical Skype mouse, and now the Skype MouseFone ASG-143 from Sysgration. So using this device how exactly do... Full Story

Posted on September 19, 2007 10:58 AM

Gary Hermansen leaves Global IP Sound

Gary Hermansen, CEO of Global IP Sound (GIPS), has left the organization. Jon Arnold told me the news at the IT Expo Bloggers Dinner last night while we were discussing GIPS. I mentioned to Jon how I had a fairly heated... Full Story

Posted on September 11, 2007 2:32 PM

Skype on the Apple iPod touch

In my previous Apple iPod touch post I forgot to mention that since the Apple iPod touch supports the same Safari browser as the iPhone, this enables you to run AJAX applications over its built-in Wi-Fi wireless connection. Thus, you can... Full Story

Posted on September 5, 2007 9:46 PM

Skip2PBX, SIP-to-Skype Gateway, is here!

Today, Skip2PBX, an Italian-based company announced it is ready to launch its SIP-to-Skype gateway running on a PC running Linux. Mind you, this isn't the first claim of a SIP-to-Skype breakthrough, however, they claim to be the only Skype to... Full Story

Posted on August 31, 2007 12:48 PM

Skype Explains the Perfect Storm

So we now know that Windows Update (as I accurately theorized) was the culprit behind the Skype outage. So many people has been asking me why this latest Microsoft Update and series of patches was any different than previous... Full Story

Posted on August 21, 2007 11:13 AM

Skype Outage - Lessons Learned

I've covered the Skype outage to death, so I'm going to pass the ball to Rich for his perspective. Rich Tehrani just posted an excellent overview of the Skype outage and the lessons learned. He discusses backup strategies and that... Full Story

Posted on August 20, 2007 5:09 PM

Skype Outage caused by Windows Update

I'm never one to say I told you so, but it appears I was right about Windows Update (Patch Tuesday) causing the massive Skype outage. Many users were skeptical of this theory, as seen in the comments of my blog... Full Story

Posted on August 20, 2007 8:12 AM

Saturday Update on Skype Outage

Just received this email from Skype PR representative. Thought I'd share an excerpt of it. The gist is that Skype is now back to normal and on Monday they will finally provide a more detailed explanation. I'm kind of rooting... Full Story

Posted on August 18, 2007 12:53 PM

Skype Offline Latest Update

Last night I read on Skype's website the following: "Our engineering team has determined that it's a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours." The glitch has affected every copy of the Skype software... Full Story

Posted on August 17, 2007 8:29 AM

Latest on the Skype Outage

Skype's Villu Arak responded to all the rumors as to why the Skype network went down. It's not due to any Microsoft patch(es) or any hacker attacks. Just some boring reason about an algorithm deficiency. Still pretty vague if you... Full Story

Posted on August 16, 2007 5:39 PM

Skype Outage

Skype is experiencing a major outage. My fellow TMC co-workers noticed it late Wednesday when they couldn't IM fellow co-workers. TMC's Dave Rodrqiguez told me that he went home for the day, signed into Skype from home and was bombarded... Full Story

Posted on August 16, 2007 7:18 AM

Skype 2.7 for Mac Beta released

Today, Skype released Skype 2.7 for Mac Beta. According to Skype, "With “beta” on the label, there may be some wrinkles, kinks and unsprayed bugs which we’ll remove in time for a public release. With that in mind, feel free... Full Story

Posted on August 15, 2007 8:29 AM

Dailymotion and Skype Launch Mood Channels

Today, Dailymotion and Skype have launched Mood Channels using MotionMaker Creative Content. Essentially, If I understand the release correctly, Dailymotion is a YouTube-like video website that has "hooked" into Skype to allow you to set your favorite video as your... Full Story

Posted on August 7, 2007 2:52 PM

iSoftPhone VoIP App for the iPhone?

Ah yes, the hype surrounding the Apple iPhone continues unabated, including my posting about Skype on the iPhone, which was picked up by both Engadget and Gizmodo, topping my referral traffic charts yesterday. Now it seems XNet wishes to leverage the... Full Story

Posted on July 11, 2007 11:23 AM

Talkety on iPhone

Since I just blogged about Skype on the iPhone using SoonR Talk in my previous post, I would be remiss if I didn't mention another VoIP solution for the Apple iPhone - namely Talkety. With Talkety, you can have conference... Full Story

Posted on July 9, 2007 1:02 PM

Skype on iPhone

I recently wrote Skype on the iPhone was not possible. Well, there is a workaround that will enable you to use Skype on the Apple iPhone. Technically, the Skype client still is NOT running on the iPhone, but instead uses... Full Story

Posted on July 9, 2007 12:26 PM

Skype on the Nokia N800

Just yesterday I mentioned free Wi-Fi on the 'Nokia' N800 and today I come across an article from jkOnTheRun about him seeing Skype running on the Nokia N800. Two nice pieces of news for this handheld computer device. He noticed... Full Story

Posted on June 28, 2007 3:11 PM

No Skype for Apple iPhone

With the Apple iPhone coming out Friday no doubt many people are wondering if you can install Skype or any other VoIP application on the iPhone. Well...... Full Story

Posted on June 27, 2007 2:32 PM