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Sharing songs over FM, the next big thing?
2007-03-29 14:58:00 A wiz kid on the edge of another song-sharing revolution. More About: Songs , Song , The N , Next , Ring
MVNO Amp?d security system may bring a $100,000 bill
2007-03-29 14:37:00 The FCC warns. More About: Security , System , Ring , Bill , MVNO
Sidekick creators to work on the GPhone?
2007-03-29 14:18:00 Will they hire Paris Hilton for the promo? More About: Phone , Work , Creator , Side , Sidekick
Skype 3.2 is now available, with PayPal
2007-03-29 13:57:00 More features, and a new audio codec. More About: Skype , Paypal , With
Backed by Zennstrom, Jott opened its doors
2007-03-29 13:34:00 A text secretary for businessmen. More About: Open , Back , Opened , Door , Strom
Now you can podcast anything, except the images
2007-03-26 20:13:00 Three applications to broaden your audience. More About: Pod , Images , Podcast , Cast , Image
Ministry of Sounds: Joost another deal
2007-03-26 19:51:00 Joost, still in close beta, keeps striking big deals with content providers. More About: Sounds , Other , Sound , Mini , Joost
Google Talk, almost as a Firefox extension
2007-03-26 19:08:00 A small trick that can save access time. More About: Google , Firefox , Google Talk , Talk , Fire
The GPhone wouldn?t be developed by Google
2007-03-23 13:04:00 Google would keep building softwares, leaving the hardware part to others. More About: Google , Phone , Would , Gphone , Develop
Every month, 200 million minutes are stolen
2007-03-23 12:45:00 The phone airtime black market worths $35-40 billion a year. More About: Stolen , Lion , Ever , Million , Minutes
Close-source Skype advances on an open source framework
2007-03-20 20:23:00 The new version of Skype mobile would be faster to get and somewhat less buggy. More About: Open Source , Work , Open , Source
Fon and Meraki WiFi providers to interoperate?
2007-03-20 19:33:00 We're complementary networks, said Fon's CEO. More About: Opera , Inter , Wifi , Interop , Provider
SightSpeed starts its social network
2007-03-19 18:45:00 Instead of emailing your videos, share them on the Web. More About: Social , Sights , Work , Network , Arts
What Tellme can bring to Microsoft applications
2007-03-16 12:37:00 No more touch pad. Just use your voice. More About: Applications , Microsoft , Cat , What , Hat
Make your own Voicebooks
2007-03-16 12:16:00 When the video meets the audio on the Web. More About: Books , Voice , Ebooks , Ebook , Book
Google Talk as an online standalone widget
2007-03-16 12:02:00 No ads yet, and pretty not surrounded by emails either. More About: Google , Widget , Google Talk , Talk , Online
The next time, speak sign language via your cellphone
2007-03-16 11:53:00 Get a video dictionary of sign languages on the go. More About: Phone , Time , Cell , The N , Your
Windows Live, the brand, the services and now the platform
2007-03-16 11:36:00 Another Microsoft's contribution to "crowdsourcing" More About: Windows , Services , Windows Live , Wind , Service
Vodafone to provide Skype on its cellphones
2007-03-16 11:12:00 iSkoot is again behind the offering. More About: Phone , Cellphones , Skype , Phones , Vodafone
Windows Live struck its first deal with a computer maker
2007-03-14 19:29:00 A Wind ows Live toolbar will bundle Lenovo's computers. More About: Truck , Windows Live , Computer
Swisscom ready to take over FastWeb
2007-03-13 17:33:00 A new chapter in the European broadband story. More About: Take , Read , Over , Fast , Swiss
Microsoft in acquisition talks with Tellme
2007-03-13 16:58:00 Very possible, hints the Wall Street Journal. More About: Microsoft , With , Talk , Soft , Micro
Vonage sentenced to pay $58 million for copyright infringement
2007-03-12 19:30:00 We'll still win, says Vonage . More About: Men , Infringement , Lion , Ring
A South African telco invents the Skype charge
2007-03-12 16:21:00 Customers would pay 20 times more if they get caught using Skype . More About: Africa , South Africa , Charge , South
The Google Phone could predict your search, says a patent
2007-03-11 20:28:00 To avoid cellphone users to be lost? More About: Google , Phone , Google Phone , Search , Your
Babelgum, the future rival of Joost, is warming up
2007-03-09 00:10:10 Asides Joost making buzz rounds and announcing deals with Viacom or JumpTV, there’s another IPTV to keep an eye on. Babel gum, a cool name for a broadband television service targeting young adult audience, is launched in beta with 500 hours of footage. As Joost, Babelgum has something to do with peer-to-peer technology and doesn’t allow video sharing of its programs. As Joost, Babelgum will include commercials into its streamed broadcasts. And as Joost, supported by Skype’s founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis who sold their company for $2.6 billion, Babelgum is the new venture of Italian billionaire Silvio Scaglia, the largest shareholder in Italy’s number two telco Fastweb, and who before that ran Omnitel, then Vodafone Italy. Right now, Babelgum is in private beta (We’ll try to get some invitations for you.). The public launch is expected in January 2008, according to Erik Lumer, co-founder and CEO of Babel Networks. More About: Future , War , The Future
Shell to turn 100% VoIP
2007-03-09 00:10:10 Sometimes, VoIP early adopters aren’t tech companies. The first beta tester of the upcoming Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 is Royal Dutch Shell , the major oil company. Shell will test the system later this year, and plans to roll the platform into production by early 2008, says group IT architect at the VoiceCON Spring show. The massive plan consists in migrating off of hundreds of disparate PBX systems in more than 110 countries to a centralized VoIP. For the record, the Microsoft Office 2007 will provide “presence” features within its traditional toolbox. Users could then use the features to see the availability of other collaborators for a call or message. More About: Voip , Hell , Turn
Fon raised $13 million to face its rising rivals
2007-03-09 00:10:10 Fon raised another 10 million euros ($13 million), announced Fon CEO Martin Varsavsky on his blog. “Funds were raised from a combination of current investors including myself and 4 non US new strategic investors whose identities we will disclose in the near future.” Proceeds of the round will be used for R&D and growing the number of Foneros around the world, he adds. So far, Fon has grown at a fairly steady pace and showed big names as investors and clients, such as Google and Skype for the investors, and major European telcos like British Telecoms and French ISP Neuf Telecoms. But the competition in the WiFi signal sharing market is rising. Meraki and Whisher are doing the same in the US, a region where Fon network is striving to break into. More About: Lion , Face , Vals , Sing , Million
Skype enables users to charge each other
More articles from this author:2007-03-09 00:10:10 Up to now, you pay Skype to call landline and mobile phones. Skype is now doing the reverse process, beta-launched the Skype Prime which enables paid Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls. User s can charge others to call them either a one-off fee or by the minute. How’s it proceeds: All calls start as free, then call receivers can switch to the paid calling — a good way for consultants to first tease their future clients before charging them, and a good way for clients to check the value of their callers. For the cash, Skype Credit is deducted by the appropriate amount and transfered to the receiver’s special account. Skype Prime provider can get their revenue through PayPal, with Skype keeping 30% of the transaction. Video conferences are also possible. So far, Skype Prime is available on Windows platform only. Bloggers’ reactions: “I believe that the “non-business chat” that accompanies any consulting call is critical to the success of ... More About: Other , Charge , Users 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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