Tag: Skype

Total Results: 15

Conjugating mobile: Facebook as Big Brother

Published: November 28, 2011

By Gary Schwartz

A loving sign is when nouns become a verb and we “Google”, we “Skype”, we “Facebook”, we “TXT”.

Skype, In-Stat, Best Buy: News briefs

Published: August 23, 2011

News briefs: Skype acquires group messaging service GroupMe; Tablets shipments could reach 250M by 2017: In-Stat; Best Buy offers free iPhone with contract.

HP, Sprint, AT&T: News briefs

Published: August 22, 2011

News briefs: HP’s stock drops following exit from mobile devices; Is Sprint eyeing a bigger investment in Clearwire?; AT&T eliminates $10 text messaging plan.

Microsoft bets on mobile video via $8.5B Skype acquisition

Published: May 11, 2011

Microsoft Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion and further expand real-time video communications.

Skype feud over mobile video calling signals more fierce competition

Published: July 13, 2010

Skype’s decision to suspend its interconnectivity with handheld communication service Fring might mean the mobile video calling market is about to enter a competitive war.

Verizon Wireless and Skype introduce free mobile calling service

Published: March 30, 2010

Verizon Wireless and Skype debuted Skype Mobile to give consumers the opportunity to make free Skype-to-Skype calls anywhere in the world.

Verizon Wireless breaks down resistance to Skype

Published: February 17, 2010

At the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced a strategic relationship that will bring Skype to the U.S. carrier’s smartphones next month.

Fring launches mobile video calls

Published: December 1, 2009

Fring has launched what it claims is the world’s first mobile video-calls-over-Internet protocol.

Carriers may suffer the fate of newspapers with Internet telephony

Published: October 12, 2009

If wireless carriers allow competing Internet telephony services over their networks, they risk suffering the same fame as newspapers today. The nightmare scenario of Trojan horse and dumb pipes is within grasp of reality.

Carriers may suffer the fate of newspapers with Internet telephony

Published: October 12, 2009

If wireless carriers allow competing Internet telephony services over their networks, they risk suffering the same fate as newspapers today. Four words come to mind: Trojan horse, dumb pipes.