Image via Wikipedia A few days ago eWeek and a few others picked up on the rumor that Avaya (the spinoff of Lucent and really Bell Labs) from over a decade ago was looking to purchase Radvision, long an inventor of real time communications technology out of Israel and New Jersey. The reason for the … Read more
Skype has done a very good job of making people forget their technology was/is based on P2P technology and all that it can do. But Wireless Move's Martin Sauter didn't let us forget. As a Skype customer who PAYS for multiple services from them (Skype In, Out, Group Video, minutes) I'd like the ability to … Read more
Cellular companies that are taking their good old time to implement WiFi offload of traffic, including calls, may have to worry, especially those with heavy penetration levels in NYC as Skype is beating them to the punch when it comes to Wi-Fi calling. Today's news from FIerce and others of a deal with Towerstream, and … Read more
Need to send a special holiday greeting? Skype may have the answer with their "Say it With Skype" app. I have to have a sense of deja vu as this is the kind of thing we used to do with SightSpeed which had record a video message long before Skype even had video. But what … Read more
Yesterday Skype announced an upgrade of their Android client (2.6). The three main features added were: The new features include most of all extended battery life, on top of file sending of photos and videos. These features likely come from some of the technology acquired when they picked off QIK just before the sale to … Read more
Image via CrunchBase Skype is going to the regulator OFCOM in the UK to ask them to have some of the mobile operators in the UK to stop blocking Skype calls over 3G. While 3 in the UK doesn't stop Skype calling over 3G, and actually had a service that worked much like Verizon' Wireless' … Read more
This news is a week or more old but if nothing more, it's clever and immaginative. A few airlines flying out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport will use Skype to enable passengers to check in and then print their boarding pass. Passengers will be able to call Sheremetyevo and then do all the same things they normally do … Read more
A lot of people think of Skype as their phone company. Many, like me, who have Skype In and Skype Out use it as a way to replace, or as an alternative, to their landline with devices that are far more universal (not to mention more atractive) that the old fashioned telephone that connects to … Read more
Skype SILK codec has some of the best sound around, especially in Super Wideband mode. CounterPath, a client, which has the best and most installed SIP based softphones on the planet, just added the SILK codec to their iOS client for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. SVP Todd Carothers tweeted about it. What this means … Read more
Image via Wikipedia It started few years ago. Skype worked with 3 in the UK and elsewhere with a special Skype handset manufactured by INQ and software from iSkoot (now owned by Qualcomm.) Skype worked and worked flawlessly. Uptake was enormous and 3G data took off like a fourth of July firecracker. Now 3 no … Read more
