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Microsoft reassures after buying Skype

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Microsoft deal to buy skype Microsoft finally got it’s deal done–purchasing Skype for $8.5 billion.

The announcement stretched back to May, but it took a while for approval. Antitrust regulators in the U.S. and the European Union have approved the deal.

Skype will operate as a new business division within Microsoft.

Microsoft also announced that it will continue to develop Skype for other platforms–Android, Mac OS, and (of course) Linux. The company also reassured users that the Skype user-experience would not change–conforming to Microsoft design sensibility.

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Rumors of a Skype-based Facebook project

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Clues and rumors combined, it appears that Facebook may be launching a new video chat product that is built on Skype and works in a browser.

The new project has been built by the Seattle-based Facebook team in combination with the Skype team. There is a good chance that the new project will have a desktop component–as Facebook has been beefing up desktop development staff in Seattle.

This partnership could be fantastic for Skype. Currently, Skype supports 170 million users, but this new (possible) partnership could push Skype usage above 750 million users.

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Google Voice App Now On An iPhone Near You

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Apple has allowed the Google Voice App on the iPhone. The Google Voice App is now available on the App Store.

Originally, it was submitted in 2009, but never made it into the App Store or on a non-cracked iPhone. When Apple created more transparency within the app review process, it a lot of formerly rejected apps from resurfacing–Google Voice included.

The Google Voice app is distributed for free, and comes with free text messaging to U.S. numbers, voicemail transcription and cheap international long distance rates.

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iPhone Poor First Weekend Sales In China

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

On its first weekend in China, the iPhone wasn’t a blockbuster. The iPhone only picked up 5000 initial subscriptions. China Unicom says that it expects to sell 460,000 annually.

The China-version iPhone does not have Wifi, and it is very expensive in comparison to other phones on the Chinese market. Also Apple doesn’t quite have the same cult following as they do in the US.

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Google Voice Wants Your Friends

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Google has just added the “invite a friend” feature to Google Voice.

Users have been requesting to be able to share the service with their friends and family. Google will limit the “invite a friend” feature to 3 invitations.

The new feature will be added to user accounts over the next few weeks–preventing all users from accessing the feature all at the same time.

Voice friend invite

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AT&T Defends Its Wireless Network From Criticism

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

AT&T’s chief technology officer John Donovan defended the company’s wireless network against criticisms of poor service, dropped calls and slow internet connections. The criticisms came mostly from the company’s base of iPhone users who feel that the network limits the performance of their smart phone.

“I’m not ignoring the criticism of our network,” AT&T’s CTO stated in the CTIA Fall 2009 tradeshow. He was insistent that AT&T is dedicated to providing the best customer service and the most capable network possible.

There has been some debate whether iPhone users specifically have been the reason for the tremendous increase in AT&T’s data usage.

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T-Mobile’s Sidekick Users Suffer Major Outage

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Starting at 1:30 a.m. PT on Friday, T-Mobile Sidekick users experienced a major service outage that in some cases caused all internet connectivity to be lost intermittently.

Danger, Inc. a Microsoft subsidiary part of the new Premium Mobile Experiences (PMX) team, has been working to restore lost service and solve the problems which caused the outages.

Not all users have been affected in the same way. Some users reportedly could not access their address book, while others may have experienced temporary outages since the problems began.

Source: CNET

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Flash, Coming To A Smartphone Near You

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Adobe may have won support from Google, Motorola, Nvidia, Palm, RIM, and Qualcomm for Flash 10.1 software for smartphones and mobile devices. Flash is not currently available on most all phones. Flash video acceleration has not be widely available on mobile devices.

Adobe has also created a campaign titled “Open Screen Project initiative” to have manufacturers allow Flash to be open to developers. Google has already agreed to join the Open Screen Project initiative, and phones running Android will be shipped with Flash early next year.

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Orange and T-mobile To Merge And Create UK Largest Carrier

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Orange and T-mobile are planning on merging their British operations to create the UK’s largest mobile carrier.

When the two giants merge they will combine their customer base of about 28.4 million people ( 37 percent of the mobile market ).

The merger will cost the companies between £400m ($656 million dollars) and £600m ($984 million dollars). The merger will ultimately provide a savings of half-a-billion pounds per year by 2014 by allowing the new company to remove duplicate base stations and retail outlets.

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iPhone To Enter Chinese Markets

Monday, August 31st, 2009

China mobile markets - iPhone Apple - cell development The iPhone is already popular in China even though it officially has not entered its mobile market. The iPhone can be bought in the underground market and unlocked by software in order to purchase applications. In some estimates, there are already 1.5 million devices in use within China.

With more than 687 million mobile phone users in China–the largest market in the world, Apple is eager to start doing business in the region. The success of the iPhone seems predetermined with so much interest even before its official release in the country. For many Chinese the iPhone is a status symbol–a display of the cutting edge, wealth and coolness.

The research firm IDC has attributed 7% of the iPhone sales to the Asia Pacific region within areas like Australia, Hong Kong and India. (The US is still the largest iPhone market. The iPhone has not however performed as strong in Japan, where the Apple brand does not carry the same golden shine as it does in the US.)

China Unicom is the expected carrier of the iPhone. Apple is nearly conclusion with negotiations with China’s state-owned wireless operator. Apple has also already received one of the technical licenses required by the Chinese Government, but it is unknown how many more licenses it will have to complete. Currently the anticipated release is October 2009.

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