Skype updates Android app with photo/video sharing
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 12/13/2011 Skype has released a new version of its Android app that lets users share photos and videos captured with their smartphone or tablet with other Skype users over chat messages. The new version also features improved battery life and video quality on devices with NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor (most Android 3.x [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Skype
Newly Launched IM+ Video Lets You Video Chat With Facebook Friends
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 9/2/2011 SHAPE Services, makers of the popular, cross-platform IM+ mobile instant messaging applications, is today launching its first video chatting app: IM+ Video. The new app, available here on iTunes, lets you video and voice call with your Facebook friends – and not just those using IM+. The VoIP calls made using [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, EDGE, IM, Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Skype Gets Into Group Messaging With GroupMe Buy
Geoff Spick, CMS Wire, 8/22/2011 Skype shows off some more acquisition aggression by picking up group messaging start-up GroupMe for around US$ 80 million. Skyping in Groups Leading VoIP service, and Microsoft acquiree, Skype is making a lot of headlines these days. Last week, it launched its own Wi-Fi app for iOS devices to encourage [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Skype WiFi lets iOS users pay for hotspots with VoIP credits
Electronista, 8/17/2011 Skype took a distinctive approach to using its credit Wednesday with the release of Skype WiFi for iOS devices (free, App Store). The app lets users load up the previously computer-only option on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod and get Wi-Fi access from third-party hotspot providers on a per-minute basis and without having [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Hotspot, Skype, WiFi
Skype enables video on more Android smartphones
Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service, 8/4/2011 Seventeen smartphones and tablets are now on Skype’s list of compatible products Skype has released version 2.1 of its application for Android, which allows more smartphones and tablets based on Google’s operating system to use its video calling feature, it said in a blog post on Thursday. The company [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, Samsung, Skype, VoIP
Phone 7 Upgrade Adds Business Features and Security
Mark Long, Mobile Tech Today, 5/17/2011 New business and security features for the next update of Windows Phone 7 were outlined at Microsoft’s Tech-Ed conference. From desktop synchronization to information management, Windows Phone 7 will challenge Android and Apple devices. And if Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype is approved, it will be able to offer even [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: Skype, WiFi
Skype for Android is vulnerable
Richard Chirgwin, The Register, 4/16/2011 According to a post at Android Police, confirmed by Skype, the Android version of the popular VoIP app exposes extensive user data. The Android Police report says user IDs, phone numbers, chat logs, and other data is exposed by the vulnerability. User data is stored unencrypted in sqlite3 databases, and [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Skype, VoIP
Viber Bears Down on Skype With New Texting Feature
Darrell Etherington, GigaOM, 3/31/2011 iPhone VoIP app Viber introduced a new update Thursday that introduces text messaging. The update also introduces some bug fixes and other feature changes, including a redesigned contacts tab and a better calling mechanism. Viber is growing fast (with 10 million downloads since its introduction), and smart updates like this will [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Skype, VoIP
Skype To Go: Taking the Internet Out of VoIP
Geoff Spick, CMSWire.com, 2/25/2011 Skype’s (news, site) new service helps users make calls from any phone, regardless of type, via a special phone number system. All About the Differentiation With rival services such as Viber, with its HD Voice offering, and Facebook’s Messenger service springing up, Skype is having to do a lot of work to keep [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: Skype, Verizon
Portable device lets travelers make mobile calls over the Net
Lance Whitney, CNET news, 1/26/2011 A new portable device will soon be able to help people make cell phone calls in other countries without relying on local 3G networks. That bit of technical magic comes courtesy of a new device called an attocell, or a personal femotcell. Created by U.K.-based femtocell company Ubiquisys, the device [...]