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Skype 3.5 adds Call Transfer

I missed this bit of Skype news from a couple days ago that announced Skype had added Call Transfer functionality, which allows you to transfer a call to another Skype user OR to a PSTN number. At first glance, many... Full Story

Posted on June 15, 2007 9:53 AM

Packet8 Outlook Toolbar

Packet8 launched some new features today, including Virtual Office Outlook Integration. Virtual Office Outlook Integration lets you call your Microsoft Outlook contacts. The way it works is that when placing a call through Microsoft Outlook, Outlook contacts the Virtual Office... Full Story

Posted on June 5, 2007 10:16 AM

Skype cuts SMS rates again

Just received word that Skype is temporarily cutting in half the cost of sending SMS messages using Skype. Skype had this promotion going on last month, but this time SMS messages being sent between June 4th and June 10th to... Full Story

Posted on June 4, 2007 9:30 AM

Skype Worm targets other popular IM clients

According to the Spyware Guide, a Skype worm is in the wild that not only targets your Skype contacts, it also checks the registry for programs like AIM, Trillian, Yahoo Messenger, Miranda and  ICQ and then attempts to send the... Full Story

Posted on May 24, 2007 10:44 AM

Skype unveils Game Developer Program

Both Rich Tehrani and Greg Galitzine are reporting that at today’s TMC Communications Developer Conference, keynote speaker Paul Amery, Director of the Skype Developer Program, officially announced Skype’s new Game Developer Program and the introduction of a new Skype Game... Full Story

Posted on May 16, 2007 5:16 PM

Macs get first dibs on new Skype features

Skype today released Skype for Mac 2.6, which includes improved quality, stability and more features. But more interesting is that for the first time, Mac users will be able to enjoy a new Skype feature before it's available to Windows... Full Story

Posted on May 16, 2007 1:27 PM

SkyStone bridges Skype and PBXs using only software

Remember my SIP to Skype gateway breaks Skype's Great Wall article, which explained how you could make a SIP-to-Skype call using the PSGW gateway? One of the knocks against Skype was that it uses a proprietary protocol, which makes it... Full Story

Posted on May 15, 2007 1:25 PM

Wal-Mart to carry Skype products including Pre-paid Calling Cards

Wal-Mart and Skype inked a deal whereby Wal-Mary will carry Skype Certified hardware in 1,800 of its stores throughout the country, Wal-Mart will also carry pre-paid Skype calling cards. Wal-Mart currently has cellular pre-paid calling cards in the most "prime"... Full Story

Posted on May 14, 2007 10:50 AM

P2P or ENUM Saves Vonage?

We've been down this road before with claims of a Vonage workaround to get past the Verizon patent issue, only to have our hopes dashed. But now word comes today late yesterday from Bloomberg that Vonage has a patent workaround... Full Story

Posted on May 11, 2007 10:55 AM

Skype cuts SMS prices

While many mobile carriers have raised their per message rates for both sending and receiving SMS, Skype announced today that it plans to slash 50% off the cost of sending SMS messages using Skype. More information about Skype’s half price... Full Story

Posted on May 3, 2007 9:28 AM

PIKA Connect for Skype now platform agnostic

PIKA Technologies emailed me to let me know about the new version of PIKA Connect for Skype that is now "platform agnostic." Before their PIKA Connect for Skype only ran on Asterisk. The latest version lets application developers integrate Skype... Full Story

Posted on May 1, 2007 11:05 AM

Communications Developer Conference coming soon

TMC’s Communications Developer Conference, is just around the corner - May 14-17, 2007, and is well-known as the premier event for developers of IP Communications technologies. The conference was previously known as the VoIP Developer Conference for the first three... Full Story

Posted on April 26, 2007 1:12 PM

ooVoo a new Video/IM communications client

ooVoo is a new IM/video client launching soon, but I'm not sure if this another softphone client aiming to knock off the king - Skype. Simon from ooVoo emailed me, "To celebrate the launch of ooVoo, a new video... Full Story

Posted on April 20, 2007 2:17 PM

Skype SMC WiFi phone and FON router bundle

Joanna Stern, a staff writer over at LAPTOP, forwarded me a story she wrote on a Skype (SMC) WiFi phone and FON router bundle being offered by Skype, which is similar to the SMC/Skype bundle I recalled seeing on Skype's... Full Story

Posted on April 13, 2007 2:34 PM

Skype for Business Redux

According to ComputerWorld UK, Skype is testing an enterprise version of its VoIP service and has asked businesses with more than 1,000 employees if they're interested in getting in early. This isn't the first time Skype has tried to crack... Full Story

Posted on April 13, 2007 12:02 PM

Skype 3.2 Beta for Windows with Send Money

Skype 3.2 Beta for Windows has just been made available for download at http://www.skype.com/go/windows-beta. Skype 3.2 Beta for Windows now has the new "Send Money" via Paypal feature. Sweet! B) The list of new features include:Importing contacts from more sources... Full Story

Posted on March 28, 2007 11:17 AM

Office Communications Server 2007 Public Beta Launches

Recently I stated that Microsoft would launch the public beta of Office Communications Server 2007 later this month. Well, Microsoft gave me a heads up on the launching of their public beta of Office Communications Server 2007 which is available... Full Story

Posted on March 26, 2007 12:00 AM

Skype allows Paypal payments within client

Skype will soon allow users to send money to other Skype users via PayPal, a popular online payments system -- all from within the Skype client. This was announced by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom during a speech he gave. Both... Full Story

Posted on March 22, 2007 12:52 PM

Scramby disguises your Voice over IP voice

RapidSolution Software has a cool add-on product for VoIP and online games called Scramby, which "scrambles" your voice to sound like Darth Vader, an evil warlock, an android, child, and many more voices. Scramby is a vocoder add-on for VoIP... Full Story

Posted on March 14, 2007 4:05 PM

BeyondTel's VM-01L Optical USB Skype mouse

Convergence seems to be all the rage, including combining multiple products and functions into a single product (i.e. iPod MP3 player + mobile phone = Apple iPhone). So perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise to learn about a new... Full Story

Posted on March 14, 2007 9:58 AM

Skype Prime Allows Users to Charge for Calls

A beta of the Skype client recently made available allows users to charge for voice and video calls placed to their account through a new service called Skype Prime. eBay-owned Skype has developed Skype Prime to grant users the ability... Full Story

Posted on March 12, 2007 12:29 AM

magicJack - New VoIP Player launches

magicJack, a new VoIP service provider, allows cheap phone calls from a computer using a USB device that connects on one end to your PC and your home analog phone on the other.  It has an interesting pricing model that... Full Story

Posted on March 8, 2007 7:49 PM

Skype tops 500 million downloads

Skype today announced that its software has been downloaded more than 500 million times by users around the world, "extending its mark as one of the most popular free downloads of all time." Yes, well, McDonalds has served more hamburgers... Full Story

Posted on March 7, 2007 4:19 PM

Gizmo marries Yahoo, MSN Messenger (Live), Jabber, and Google Talk

Om has the news on SIPphone's Gizmo offering free VoIP calling to most of the major IM clients. While Yahoo and Microsoft already offer instant messaging interoperability, as far as I know, you can't do VoIP between these two IM... Full Story

Posted on February 27, 2007 1:37 PM

Dan York Reviews Skype 3.1 beta

Dan York over at Disruptive Telephony has a good writeup on Skype 3.1 beta, a minor new release. I'm pretty busy this week to check it out myself, so go check out what Dan wrote. According to Dan, the newest... Full Story

Posted on February 22, 2007 1:47 PM