On Friday Skype reportedly uploaded a demo video of their upcoming app ‘Skype for iPad’ and then removed it from YouTube. Currently the company offers only the iPhone version on the App Store and was rumored to be working on the iPad version. The iPad version is a complete re-design and takes advantage of the large screen. ‘Skype for iPad’ … Read More
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to Acquire Skype for $8.5 billion
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Tuesday officially announced in a company press release that they are acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion. Now, that’s a lot of cash to put down on a company that, just last December left users in the dark before the holiday season, and put fear in investors who were looking towards an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Skype is … Read More
Skype for iOS updated – support for iOS 4.3 and video calling TVs added
Skype today updated their popular iOS application, and they’ve added at least one interesting new feature. Amongst the bug fixes and support for iOS 4.3 (finally!) Skype have added to ability to make video calls to televisions. As thenextweb reports, version 3.0.1 of the app now allows calls to be places to supported TV sets by the likes of Samsung and Panasonic … Read More
Vonage Now Lets You Call Your Facebook Friends For Free
Vonage, famous for providing easy to use voice-over-ip solutions, released a new iOS 4 app today that allows facebook users to call each other for free. The app, called Vonage Mobile for Facebook, connects with facebook using Facebook Connect and then displays a list of all of your friends. The friend list is grouped into two groups, those who have … Read More
Skype for iPhone Updated To Support iOS 4 Multitasking
Skype for iPhone has just been updated to version 2.1 and brings with it the ability to run in the background with iOS 4 and continue conversations even while switching away from the skype application. Skype release notes state: Run Skype in the background with multitasking in iOS4. Receive Skype calls and IM while other apps are running or when … Read More
Is iPhone 4 FaceTime The Video Calling Revolution?
When the iPhone 4 prototype seemed to drop from heaven to us mortals in a bar in Redwood City, California one of the immediate take-aways was the forward-facing camera. Long listed as a must-have accessory on the checklists of tech pundits everywhere, it seemed like we were just on the tip of some undefined video calling revolution. A future defined … Read More
Skype 2.0 for iPhone to allow free calls on 3G until 2011
Skype 2.0 was a major update for the popular voip app for iPhone as it allowed users to make voice calls on 3G network however, skype-to-skype calls were supposed to be free only for a limited time (August 2010). Today TUAW reported that 3G skype-to-skype calls will now be free until 2011. There is still no clarity on what the … Read More
Skype 2.0 for iPhone allows voice calls over 3G
Skype has been a little slow at updating their iPhone app but version 2.0 brings some highly anticipated updates for all Skype users. Version 2.0 of Skype for iPhone allows voice calls using 3G connection. However, it is worth noting that Skype-to-Skype calls will be free for a limited time (end of August) after which there will be “a small monthly fee” Other … Read More