VoIP

US Congress Selects Skype As Low Cost Comms Tool

American constituents can now talk with US Congressmen thanks to a communications deal with Skype

13 years ago

Google Chrome To Challenge Skype With WebRTC

Google Chrome is set to get real-time voice and video chat tools in the near future, thanks to WebRTC, says…

13 years ago

Skype Beta Increases Integration With Facebook

A new Skype beta is offering deeper integration with the social networking platform of Facebook

13 years ago

Skype Culls Management Ahead Of Microsoft Deal

A number of top level executives have been handed their marching orders at popular VoIP provider Skype

13 years ago

Skype Partners With Comcast For HD Video Calls On TV

People watching a TV show, can now also make video and audio calls at the same time thanks to Skype

13 years ago

Microsoft Promises Not To Open Skype To Russian Spooks

Microsoft denies careless talk that suggested the Russian secret service might get access to Skype encryption

13 years ago

IPv6 Day Shows Why The World Needs A New Internet

The IT industry is backing World IPv6 Day because Internet addresses are running out - as cloud demand hits

13 years ago

Skype Suffers Another Embarrassing Crash

Skype has crashed once again, leading to fresh questions over its reliability as a communication tool

13 years ago

Open Source Researcher Reverse Engineers Skype

A researcher from Russia plans to reverse-engineer Skype, and has posted his source code online

13 years ago

Quarter Of US Web Users Opt For VoIP Calls

Research has shown that 24 percent of web users in the US utilise some form of voice over IP service

13 years ago

Skype Services Crash Around The World

Skype users around the world are currently unable to log on and make calls using the VoIP service

13 years ago

Security Challenges For Microsoft Skype Integration

Security vendors will have to pay close attention to Skype's integration with Microsoft products

13 years ago

Microsoft And Skype Could Be A Match Made in Heaven

Despite early suggestions that it was a blunder, Microsoft's acquisition of Skype may be a brilliant move, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

Is Microsoft’s Skype Deal Too Big To Handle?

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype will give it access to a 170 million-strong user base. But did Microsoft overpay, asks Nicholas…

13 years ago

Skype CEO To Become President Of Microsoft Voice

Skype will carry more adverts under Microsoft rule, and Xbox will become a home videoconference suite

13 years ago

Confirmed: Microsoft Buys Skype For £5bn

Skype will go to Microsoft for a price of around $13 per registered user, the company has confirmed

13 years ago

Why Microsoft Might Regret Buying Skype

Microsoft doesn't need to buy Skype to reap the benefits of its service, says Peter Judge. Could this end up…

13 years ago

Microsoft Rumoured To Buy Skype For $7.5bn

Microsoft is said to be close to a deal to buy VoIP service Skype, in what would be its biggest-ever…

13 years ago

SMBs Look To Gain the Most From Unified Comms

The recession prompted businesses to cut costs and respond faster with unified communications, says Vodafone's Tom Craig

13 years ago

Facebook, Google Rumoured To Partner With Skype

Facebook and Google are competing for a tie-up with VoIP giant Skype, rumours have revealed

13 years ago

O2 Launches Unify For Outsourced Communications

O2 and 2e2 are targeting the enterprise market with their new IT outsourcing service, O2 Unify

13 years ago

Telepresence And Video Conferencing Spend To Double

Spending on video conferencing and telepresence is predicted to double in the next four years, said Infonetics

13 years ago

Survey Reveals Business Impact Of Day-To-Day Tasks

The impact on businesses of unproductive tasks, such as dealing with spam email, has been revealed

13 years ago

Social Networking And Cheap Calls Drive Mobile VoIP

The next three years will see a remarkable increase in people using VoIP on their mobile handsets

13 years ago

Google Voice Boosted With SayNow Acquisition

Google buys SayNow for comms software that adds calling features to Android, iPhone, Facebook and Twitter

13 years ago

Skype To Acquire Mobile Video Specialist Qik

Skype is beefing up its mobile video expertise with the news that it will acquire Qik for an undisclosed amount

13 years ago

Skype Readies Video Calling For iPhone 4 And iPad

Skype is reportedly gearing up to allow mobile users the ability to make video calls on their handset

13 years ago

Skype Outage Threatens Millions Of Christmas Day Calls

Millions of Christmas day calls with friends and families may be threatened by the ongoing disruption to Skype

13 years ago

Skype Outage Still Hitting Millions of Users

Millions of Skype users are still struggling to connect more than 24 hours after a supernode failure

13 years ago

Massive Network Outage Disables Skype Users

Skype went down for several hours yesterday, affecting millions of VoIP users in its worst outage since 2007

13 years ago