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GigaOm: No Skype for Palm Pre yet.
"As things are evolving quickly in this space, we will continue to keep our eye on Palm’s Pre and webOS platform, which seems to be getting good traction in its first weekend. But we have nothing to announce at this time" a Skype spokesper…
When Skype Goes Mobile: INQ1
Guest post by Martyn Davies, News Editor at VoIP User, Principal Consultant at Dialogic, Podcaster at Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast, and contributor to the Voice of VOIPSA blog. @martyndavies on twitter. The INQ¹ is the third generation o…
What will eBay do with Skype money? Buy into Korea
$US 1.2 billion for a stake in South Korea’s Gmarket auction site. Skype had better fetch a pretty penny if eBay Inc. is going to keep up this M&A effort. Skype is currently operating in Korea as part of eBay’s Auction company. Will Skype’s separ…
Could Plantronics launch the first SILK Bluetooth headset?
Someone has to go first. Plantronics’ teaser campaign promises Bluetooth and vague delights. But what I really want is a great Bluetooth headset, a digital signal processor with Skype’s SILK codec inside, and a superwideband highest-fidelity micropho…
Voice VPNs Over Skype: Paying Less for Private Lines
Guest post by David Tang, Global VP at Skype partner VoSKY, and Craig Coward. Voice Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have long delivered real benefits to businesses with multiple sites or branch offices. As well as free calls between sites, they ena…
RedPoint VC Goes Green, Adds New Partners
Earlier today, Kara Swisher reported that Satish Dharmraj, co-founder of Zimbra, an open-source email service that was acquired by Yahoo for $350 million, was joining Menlo Park, Calif.-based RedPoint Ventures as a partner. He isn’t the only one. We’ve also learned that that Dr. Nety Krishna is joining the firm as a venture partner and […]
Skype offers SMS voicemail notifications: good idea, poor execution
Basic voicemail is so 1980s. Now SpinVox transcribes voice messages and alerts you, for a fee, when you get Skype voice mail. Set up your Skype voice mail alerts here. This is a great idea. I love anything that improves voice messaging freshness, accur…
As netbooks become the new mobiles, will AT&T preload Skype?
American wireless companies are control freaks when it comes to configuring the mobiles they sell. They limit hardware features, choose applications, and otherwise protect their walled gardens. Now they’re set to sell netbooks with wireless data plan…
LotusLive: Level 1 on the Skype Journal Site Skypification Maturity Model
I first documented the Skype Journal Site Skypification Maturity Model in November 2007. Skype Journal’s Jim Courtney analyzed IBM’s Lotusphere announcements. LotusLive services have a maturity of 1 on the SJSSMM scale of zero/zed to 4. Here’s what I …
Skype Everywhere: Coming Soon to IBM Lotus Live Engage
A year ago August IBM’s Lotus Sametime Division announced the acquisition of Skype Partner Webdialogs to obtain their widely respected Unyte Desktop Sharing collaboration technology. About four months later we learned, from Lou Guercia, Lotus SameTime’…
Skype at CES 2009, Part II: An Overview and Observations
There’s a “new sheriff in town” when it come to running Skype; CES 2009 was a “coming out” event for the new executive team.CES 2009 provided an opportunity to catch up personally with many of the vendors we have covered in Skype Journal including Skyp…
Post-CES blues: Cash crisis shifts power in the consumer electronics supply chain
This is the worst CES in decades, according to some who’ve been exhibiting that long. Vast sections of the floor were unsold. You could walk without getting crushed. There were few traffic jams. Shorter lines for food. And easy parking. Attendance was …
CES rumor: Skype Lite for Android Mobile Devices
Working to confirm Skype’s Skype Lite will be available for the Android mobile operating system. Technorati tags: skype, android, mobile, skype lite, lite, google
Skype throws independent developers under the bus to pursue WebEx market
Skype for Mac 2.8’s new screen sharing feature signals Skype’s move into the web conferencing and video conferencing space led by WebEx. Skype is also building screen sharing features for Windows and Linux clients. Skype’s bundling free screen sharin…
rumor: Skype over Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots, pay in Skype credits
Unconfirmed, coming out of MacWorld today. This is different from the Skype-Boingo 2005 co-marketing agreement for Skype Zones. Not sure if the Boingo iPhone app (news release) is related. More detail soon. tags: skype, boingo, wifi, wi-fi, mw09, macw…
OnState Virtual PBX: Taking On and Managing All Callers
OnState’s Virtual PBX incorporates Skype as a contributor to lower cost, yet more productive, small business communications management activities.A mainstay for communications in any office with at least a few employees is the need to accept incoming c…
Would you trust Skype with your vote?
I’ve been wracking my brain for the defining Skype moments of 2008. It comes down to Skype’s identity. The marketing, psychology, defining oneself sense; not the login, badge sense. Brand marketers may talk of lovemarks, but trust comes before love…
PamConsult Has a “Fantastic Year”
Amidst all the macro economic turmoil of 2008, there are businesses that have stuck to their knitting and had a quite successful year. Pioneer Skype Partner PamConsult recently reported on their 2008 achievements where they have both built out their pr…
Phil Wolff’s 26 incriminating 2009 Skype Predictions
Last year’s Jim Courtney’s 2008 predictions and mine. In 2009:MacWorld sucks without Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs steps down as Apple CEO. Skype brings back Skypecasts with a new feature: with one click, introduce spammers, con artists, and sexy webcam…
Skype product placement: Who Wants to be a Millionaire (US)
"Millionaire has teamed up with Skype for "Ask The Expert," one of our most fun and innovative lifelines!" From an August 2008 ABC press release: "Contestants are invited to ask an expert’s advice on any question beyond the $…
SyncMood and Twype for Windows
SyncMood and Twype copy your twitter updates into Skype for Windows. I’ve had great success with Twype for a while. Now I’m trying SyncMood, happily so far. Thanks, Andrej. This is part of a few broader patterns. Open Platforms. Skype’s and T…
Skype’s Restructuring Makes Major Moves: New CxO Announcements
Over the past few months, announcements have been few and far between with respect to Skype product news. But at the same time I have often discussed Skype’s restructuring moves; the first official disclosure of a restructuring was disclosed in our Sep…
Will Sony layoffs affect Skype distribution?
Skype software runs on the Sony PSP 2000/3000 and Sony Mylo, perhaps on the Playstation 4 some day. Sony Corporation announced they are setting free 8000 employees and 8000 contractors from the 160,000 employee company. The decimation and plant cl…
IPEVO gives free Skype minutes, free US shipping
A message from IPEVO’s Caroline Andreolle: Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate and thank our customers, we’re offering free ground shipping until the end of year (to the Continental US). And to celebrate that, we’re offering 300 free Skype vouche…
Interview with Julien Decot of Skype
Christopher Smith of Relevantly Speaking interviewed Julien Decot, Director of Strategy for Skype, at the >play Conference last week. Rough transcript follows, emphasis mine. Q. Hey, it’s Christopher Smith here for Relevantly Speaking. We’re in …
Skype Seeking Skype Developer Community Manager
If we go back to our early September interview with Josh Silverman where we discussed “The Way Ahead - Platforms and Partners”, Josh stated in response to our question about addressing ongoing partner communications issues:What I don’t want to do is o…
Weekend reading
What Can Skype Do For Graduate Students? on the The Graduate Student Survival Blog. Save money is the first concern. I chipped in ten more things grad students can do with Skype: #10: Robots. The Skype survival guide by David Tang of VoSKY Techno…
Scar Search
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory… lasts forever." – Shane Falco, The Replacements IPEVO’s cute handheld pointercam inspired the Scar Search. IPEVO and Rockstar Energy Drinks held the contest this summer, the public voting on th…
Two more reasons why SightSpeed is good for Logitech
Video cameras are being built into everything. Phones, monitors and nearly every new laptop. Logitech buying SightSpeed marks the end of the generic webcam add-on market, as Jim Courtney wrote up yesterday. Or the beginning of the end, at least. Logi…
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