After a few well-publicized launch mistakes, the much-anticipated Skype for iPad application is finally here.
“Skype for iPad is beautifully designed and optimized for the iPad,” wrote Rick Osterloh, head of product management for Skype, on the company’s official blog. …
Twilio, which provides software to connect phone calls to web-based applications, announced today it is releasing a software development kit (SDK) that integrates the company’s two-way audio service into web applications with a few lines of Javascript.
Like Skype, the …
Video-calling app developer Tango announced today that it has raised $42 million in its second round of funding.
The Tango app lets tablet and smartphone users make video calls to other Tango users, much like Apple’s FaceTime app for the …
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As Facebook and Google are beginning to explore the value of video calling in their social networks, there is little doubt that Facebook’s new Skype integration and Google+ Hangouts will have some initial impact on the way we communicate with …
This article is part of a series of posts about DEMO alumni and news of their progress. Pinger launched at DEMO in Fall 2006. Check out more at DEMO.
Europe telecommunications is, in one word, super-pricey-holy-crap-don’t-text-me. Today, however, free text …
Culture junkies, get excited. Social travel site, Tripping, has raised $1M in seed funding and officially ends its days of bootstrapping to support backpacking.
The round comes from Quest Venture Partners, with an extra $450K angel investment awaiting settlement. This …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories published by VentureBeat in the last seven days:
Google resumes sending out Google+ invites: Google+, Google’s brand-new social networking site, will once again let users invite …
Social networking site Facebook launched a new service on Wednesday within the site that lets users start video conferences with each other using Skype’s video chat technology. The chief executives of both companies said the service was free, but teased …
Not surprisingly, Facebook confirmed the addition of Skype-powered video chat today as part of its “awesome announcement.”
The feature, which is launching today, will allow any Facebook member to video chat with their friends with the click of a button. …
Facebook has just unveiled a new video chat service. The service, powered by Skype, is built into the messaging service on Facebook’s website.
Facebook also unveiled a new design for its messaging application and is giving users a more streamlined …
Google says it will eventually open up the group video chat in Google+ to third parties.
That means anyone will be able to utilize the group chat, called Hangouts, in their apps or services, according to Google Realtime Communications lead …
The new version of video-chat application Skype for Comcast’s Xfinity TV service focuses on providing a user-friendly experience for people who spend more time in front of a television than a computer, according to employees who worked on the app’s …
Skype video calling is now providing most Android users with video chat. This has been a long time coming. Skype’s Android App was originally released in October 2010.
Skype for Android 2.0 works over Wi-Fi and 3G and is currently …
We could be seeing the first result of the Skype-Microsoft union with Office 365, Microsoft’s new cloud office suite.
Details on the addition of Skype, a massively popular chat application, to Office 365 were vague during yesterday’s launch. That’s because, …
A recently revealed Microsoft patent could create wiretaps for several kinds of Internet communications, including video and voice calls over Skype, which Microsoft acquired in May.
Federal law enforcement agencies have had difficulties tracking and recording criminal and terrorist conversations …
I’m sure my fellow iPad owners have been there. You’re sitting on the couch chatting with someone on FaceTime and think, “Why the heck can’t I video chat with more than one person?” Well now you can give it a …
The Dutch Parliament on Wednesday passed a law that prohibits Internet service providers from slowing down any kind of Internet traffic unless it’s to ease congestion, preserve security, or block spam.
The practice of treating all Internet traffic equally—whether it’s …
Google plans to add real-time communications abilities into the Chrome browser, according to an announcement on Google’s Chromium-dev group. Using its own WebRTC project at its base, the company will attempt to enable real-time communications through Chrome and then, potentially, …
Internet video chat company Skype confirmed on Monday that eight executives have left the company following Microsoft’s huge $8.5 billion buyout offer in May. The company did not say whether the executives were laid off or resigned, but Bloomberg suggests …
Microsoft’s proposed $8.5 billion deal to purchase Skype has won antitrust approval, the Federal Trade Commission announced today.
The news means that Microsoft is one step closer to finalizing its Skype purchase, barring any other unforeseen difficulties. Microsoft previously said …
