Microsoft Lync arrives on Windows Phone and Android, other mobile OSs still waiting in the queue
Mat Smith, Engadget, 12/15/2011 Microsoft can’t release apps quick enough. Bolstering the cross-platform likes of SkyDrive, OneNote and Kinectimals, its Lync app is the latest addition to the app roster. The corporate communication app ties together instant messaging, audio conferencing and VoIP calls on both Windows Phone and Android devices, while the Symbian and iOS [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Symbian, WinPhone · Tagged with: IM, VoIP
AT&T’s Call International App Gives Smartphones VoIP Calling
Eric M. Zeman, Phone Scoop, 11/8/2011 AT&T announced the availability of a new application today called AT&T Call International. This application allows AT&T smartphones to make VoIP-based calls over Wi-Fi to international numbers at low/reduced rates. The application also works abroad, and will let AT&T smartphone customers make calls from foreign countries to the U.S. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, VoIP, WiFi
Smartphone Apps to Dominate Mobile VoIP by 2016
Juniper Research, 10/19/2011 mVoIP clients downloaded to the smartphone will account for four fifths of 640 million mobile VoIP users by the end of 2016, while alliances between carriers and mVoIP specialists will remain relatively few in number. Improved technology, more intuitive interfaces and increased user awareness all account for the increasing dominance of the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, mVoIP, VoIP
FCC Wants GPS In Every Phone By 2018
Jordon Crook, TechCrunch, 10/5/2011 After years of having a GPS-equipped phone, the idea of not having GPS is a little crazy. Even with smartphone adoption rates dramatically increasing, there are still plenty of folks out there with maps and awesome memories. But come 2018, all of our directionally gifted friends will have GPS on their [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: FCC, GPS, VoIP
Citrix Brings GoToMeeting App to Android
Dan Rowinski, ReadWriteWeb, 9/7/2011 Cloud and virtualization company Citrix is releasing its popular GoToMeeting application for Android devices. Citrix sites stats from The Telework Coalition that 58% of companies consider themselves a virtual workplace while 67% of all workers use mobile and wireless computing devices. Combined with the fact that Android controls more than 40% [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cloud, Motorola, VoIP, WiFi
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 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
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