Skype is taking the beta tag off Skype Connect, its VoIP service that integrates into an enterprise PBX or Unified Communication solution. Why the push for business customers? Skype has to beat Google to the punch and start getting more of its customers to buy services. Read more »
Skype, the Internet telephony company that recently filed for an IPO maybe up for sale. Cisco Systems is said to be sniffing around Skype, according to a report. The deal if it happens would put Cisco in direct conflict with some of its carrier customers. Read more »
While there’s excitement over the supposed 99-cent TV show rentals on the new iTV, my belief is that won’t be enough to make iTV a success. There are a few other important things Apple needs to do to make this device more than just its hobby. Read more »
While there’s excitement over the supposed 99-cent TV show rentals on the new iTV, my belief is that won’t be enough to make iTV a success. There are a few other important things Apple needs to do to make this device more than just its hobby. Read more »
Verizon has announced an expansion of its alliance putting Skype on its smartphones. The new Skype client will work on Verizon feature phones running the BREW platform, including phones from LG and Samsung. This greatly broadens the audience for Skype on mobile phones. Read more »
fring, today launched a preview version of its upcoming fringOut service that will allow you to call anywhere in the world for 1-cent a minute to anyplace on the planet. For now it works only on Nokia phones, but support for other platforms is coming. Read more »
Enterprise use of real-time videoconferencing is on the verge of explosion. A short but critical list of demand and supply side factors have converged to fuel unprecedented rates of adoption of a wide spectrum of technologies in this sector. Even so, a rosy future for the industry is not necessarily assured, and several critical factors retard growth. This report examines these enablers and retardants of the adoption of a wide spectrum of current generation videoconferencing solutions, and offers recommendations to enterprises looking for opportunity in this sector. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Skype’s $100 million IPO filing could be seen as good news for the nascent video chat market. But despite 40 percent of all calls made through Skype being video chats, a look at its financials reveals that it doesn’t actually make any money from the service. Read more »
Skype told potential investors in its first IPO filing today that it plans to grow its business by adding users, offering premium features like group video chat, increasing the number of business users that log in to its service, and adding new monetization models, such as ads. Read more »
Skype, the Internet telephony company, is looking to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering, according to an S-1 filing with the SEC. The offering was widely viewed as in the cards, though I admit it came sooner than I thought. Read more »
NTT DoCoMo is buying the remaining interest of mobile video innovator PacketVideo from NextWave Wireless in a deal worth $111.6 million. The acquisition comes as a followup to a deal last July, in which DoCoMo bought a 35 percent stake in the company for $45.5 million. Read more »
At the of 2009, Pandora had 43 million listeners. On April 1, 2010 that number had grown to 50 million. In less than three months, it has added 10 million new listeners. What’s behind Pandora’s growth? Hint, it is not the browser. Instead look elsewhere. Read more »
Skype has updated its iPhone application, making it compatible with iOS 4. The free communication app, which was originally released back in March of 2009, can now be run in the background thanks to iOS 4 multitasking capabilities. And 3G service charges have also been scrapped. Read more »
Fring says today that it offers video-calling functionality while Skype is blocking Fring’s service. But Skype refutes this statement, saying that Fring chose to shut down the Skype integration. Why can’t we just get these two voice-over-IP companies to talk on the phone? Read more »
Fring has updated its VoIP client, bringing support for the front-facing camera on Apple’s iPhone 4 with 3G video calls to other iPhones, Android and Symbian S60 devices. But there’s a reason that FaceTime, Apple’s competing product, is Wi-Fi only for now. 3G networks aren’t ready. Read more »
Skype has ambitions that go beyond simply offering cheap voice. It wants to be a communication platform that is embedded in various computer applications, consumer electronics and mobile devices. In order to do that the company is ramping up its presence in Silicon Valley. Read more »
Skype wants to push voice and video chat beyond the PC, and with SkypeKit, its new software development kit, it can. The VoIP leader is looking to mimic Netflix’s success in the connected TV and device space using its SDK. Here’s why it just might succeed. Read more »
Juniper Research says that the total number of mobile VoIP minutes will jump from 15 billion minutes in 2010 to 470.6 billion minutes by 2015. US is going to account for 135 billion mobile VoIP minutes by 2015. Now good news for mobile VoIP startups. Read more »
Skype recently announced the new SkypeKit software developer’s kit (SDK), a move that could make it possible for the company’s services to be available on a very broad range of devices, from automotive ones to personal electronics. With this announcement, Skype looks to copy Netflix’s successful ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The folks at Skype are feeling all World Cup-y and have started a promotion designed to keep football fans in touch for free. Skype users in the U.S. can call any mobile or landline for free for the entire month; check the details for other countries. Read more »
The FCC today kicked off what it’s calling “Wireless World Travel Week,” complete with include a daily informational video, blog posts explaining service strategies while abroad and a useful communications tip sheet for travelers. Topics range from overseas calling options to less expensive VoIP services. Read more »
Skype, which is available on Apple’s iPhone and Nokia’s Symbian devices, today launched support for three Sony Ericsson phones that are based on the Symbian OS. Skype will be available on Satio, Vivaz and Vivaz Pro. Skype now supports “the latest version of the Symbian platform.” Read more »
At GigaOM and WebWorkerDaily, we define a web worker as someone who uses the web as a part of their everyday work. Given the broad nature of this definition, web workers could, quite possibly, represent a large majority in today’s workforce.
With this in mind, we ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Jive Software today launched what it hopes will become a Facebook-style social networking platform for businesses, complete with an activity stream, an open API and an application store. But whether Jive’s new offering can make social networking more palatable to business users remains to be seen. Read more »
Phones with video chat capability have been out in Europe for years, but getting the ability on two of the biggest smartphone platforms will expose the feature to millions who have no idea such video calls are possible. A new comprehensive report details this upcoming boom. Read more »
At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in January, the home electronics industry was all abuzz about 3DTV. While this was certainly an important topic, most of the press and analysts in attendance missed the much bigger story about television: video chat. As two-way, real-time video comes to a broad range of devices from TVs to mobile phones, video chat will account for 11 billion calls worldwide by 2015. This report is a comprehensive analysis of the video communications and chat market across the TV, mobile and computer markets. It examines key market players, such as Skype, Google, Cisco, Apple and others, and includes comprehensive subscriber, usage and revenue forecasts through 2015. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Video chat is one of those technologies that seemed to take forever to get a foothold in enterprise settings. There’s now a rush of mobile phones and tablets on the horizon that will put the ability for such chatting right in the user’s pocket. Read more »
Skype says that less than a week after it was made available, nearly 5 million people have downloaded the 3G version of its iPhone app, with the demand distributed across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. But how many people are actually using it? Read more »
It’s been a long time coming, but you can now finally make calls using Skype over 3G. Version 2.0 of Skype’s free iPhone app can be downloaded from the iTunes store now. However, despite making 3G VOIP calls a reality, it’s not all good news Read more »
Close on the heels of its new iPhone app that allows calls over 3G, Skype will launch an updated version for Nokia N900 that would all two-way video calls. Skype’s growth strategy includes focus on growing mobile video calling, thanks to the availability of 2-way cameras. Read more »
The mobile VoIP market is seen growing to 100 million users by 2012, according to the latest research from UK-based Juniper Research. Which means incumbent phone companies will soon be looking to buy their way into the space — good news for VoIP startups. Read more »
Goober, which is now in beta for version 3.0, is a tool that aims to put all of your communications streams in one place. It’s a busy space. Goober competes with desktop multi-IM programs; web-based services; mobile apps; social networking tools and VoIP apps. Read more »
Many on Capitol Hill are becoming fans of Apple’s iPad. Some view it as a way to replace the antiquated technology in D.C., as well as the stacks of paper and enormous binders of legislation. Some think it will have an bigger impact than the BlackBerry. Read more »
Skype has rolled out a new version of its software that will finally allow more than two people to video conference with each other. With the latest update, groups of up to five friends can now chat with each other via video through the Skype application. Read more »
Skype has released a new beta that supports video calling with up to five people — great news for web workers, as it should make conducting remote meetings a lot easier. Read more »
Video conferencing firm Skype is readying a new feature that will allow up to five users to video chat at the same time, according to a report by the Associated Press. For years, group conferencing has been one of the most sought-after new features for the […] Read more »
Skype is launching a new set of subscription plans that would make it even cheaper to call globally. These plans come as a 60-minute to unlimited calling packages. Prices to many locations across the globe are going to be around a penny a minute. Read more »
