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Skype's holiday gift: Free WiFi at US airports

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 21:53 by Neka Sehgal

Skype is making things a little easier for travelers stuck in an airport over the holidays.

Skype in talks to acquire start-up GroupMe

Mon, 08/22/2011 - 16:05 by Anter Prakash Singh

In a move to carve a niche for itself in the burgeoning group messaging serviec market, Skype has agreed to takeover start up GroupMe.

Comcast to offer video chat on TV through Skype

Wed, 06/15/2011 - 13:46 by Anter Prakash Singh

Skype users having high definition television sets would soon be able to make video calls with Skype, Comcast announced Tuesday.

Microsoft nearing Skype acquisition

Tue, 05/10/2011 - 13:55 by Yasser Ali

Microsoft, the Redmond-based giant, is almost ready to take over Skype Technologies.

Skype for Mac has serious vulnerability--researcher

Sat, 05/07/2011 - 19:54 by Anupreet Kaur

A security researcher has revealed that the Skype clients of Mac computers have unpatched vulnerability that leaves the computers at risk of malware.

Skype Teases iPad App, Voice Calling, Verizon iPhone

Mon, 12/27/2010 - 09:43 by Motley Fool

VoIP provider Skype published and then quickly removed support documents suggesting voice calling on Apple's(Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone akin to FaceTime, the native iPad app, and even a mythical Verizon (NYSE: VZ) iPhone.

Skype recovering from outage; problem blamed on supernodes

Thu, 12/23/2010 - 16:37 by Jaspreet Virk

In an outage that left majority of the its 560 million users without the PC calling capabilities, Skype was down for several hours Wednesday.

Facebook and Skype enter partnership

Fri, 10/15/2010 - 14:11 by Neha Gupta

Social networking giants Facebook and Skype have entered into a partnership, according to several media reports.

Skype upgrades iPhone app for 3G calling

Sun, 05/30/2010 - 16:01 by Jaspreet Virk

Are you one of those who have been using Wi-Fi to make Skype to Skype calls, or sending instant messages on Skype from your iPhone? Well, its time to upgrade.

Skype to launch paid premium video conferencing service next week

Thu, 05/06/2010 - 17:41 by Neha Gupta

With an aim to expand its paid premium services, Skype has decided to charge for its new services, which enable two or more persons to video chat easily.

Verizon, Skype form partnership

Thu, 02/18/2010 - 12:53 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Basking Ridge, N.J. -- U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon Wireless said it will join forces with Skype to offer Skype services to smartphone owners with data plans.

With the partnership, scheduled to begin in March, "Skype mobile ... (is) effectively giving customers with smartphones and data plans the option to extend their unlimited calling community to hundreds of millions of Skype users around the globe," Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer John Sratton said in a statement.

The plan applies to owners of the Blackberry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 and Motorola Droid, HTC Droid Eris and Devour phones, eWeek reported Wednesday.

Nexus One to hot up competition in smartphone market

Sun, 01/03/2010 - 12:39 by Jaspreet Virk

New York, January 3 -- Google has already established its foothold in the booming mobile phone market. Extending its presence in the arena, Google is now gearing up to take on the smartphone market.