One of the better features of Google+ is Hangouts, in my opinion. Now VoIP and video chat service Fring is hoping users want to take that kind of experience one step further with Playgrounds, which allows you to chat with strangers about shared interests.…
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Skype Access Now Skype Wi-Fi, And Available For iOS Users
Mobile users in the iOS world can now use Skype to log into over 1 million Wi-Fi access points around the world, Skype announced Wednesday.……
Read MoreMobile Lowdown 8-4-2011: Skype/Android, Chrome OS Hacks, Verizon Leaks
Here's a look at some of the top stories in mobile today:…
Read MoreMobile Lowdown 8-2-11: Microsoft/Nokia, Skype iPad, Android Security
Here's a look at some of the top stories in mobile today:…
Read MoreMobile Lowdown 6-29-11: Amazon, Rovio boost WP7; Square; Google+ Mobile
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: -- Windows Phone 7: Couple of good-news boosts for the Windows Phone 7 apps platform. A……
Read MoreFree calling and texting apps face a triple threat to long-term viability
It's a wonder anyone still uses traditional cellular networking voice or text services at all, given all the alternatives that pop up. But each of these services faces a critical challenge, and in my opinion, they're all just living on borrowed time.…
Read MoreDon’t Lose That Number: Why Mobile Communications Is Still About Digits
Wireless carriers are the punching bags of the mobile industry, notorious for holding back innovative services they don't control to preserv……
Read MoreYour iPad’s a Telephone With Google Voice
Out of the box, Apple has you covered on your iPad 2 with FaceTime for video chat. But if all you want to do is replicate a phone connection, Google Voice and two native iOS apps may be just what you're looking for.…
Read MoreUpdated: Skype Outage Easing; Fix Now Available
Such is life in the clouds: the occasional thunderstorms illustrate how tenuous it all can be. The silver lining for Skype Thursday is that……
Read MoreSkype’s The Limit: Facebook, Google Eye Tie-Up With Internet Calling Giant
Ebay may have decided that Skype was not an asset worth keeping -- selling, in 2009, two-thirds of the company it paid more than $3 billion……
Read MoreBobsled Goes Off The Tracks: T-Mobile Suspends Its Facebook Voice Service
Looks like Bobsled, T-Mobile's new voice service on the Facebook platform, has hit a hitch, only one week into its life: according to Bobsle……
Read MoreViber Bears Down on Skype With New Texting Feature
iPhone VoIP app Viber introduced a new update Thursday that introduces text messaging and some excellent UX refinements. Viber is growing fast (with 10 million downloads since its introduction), and smart updates like this will help make sure it keeps nipping at Skype's heels.…
Read MoreHands-On: GV Connect Returns to the App Store
In some ways, GV Connect's re-appearance was somewhat anticlimactic. After what felt like months of "he said, she said," along with an FCC inquiry, I heard this news via a retweet. I had to try it out, after so much hype and conflicting opinion.…
Read MoreAT&T Now Allows Internet Voice Calls On Its Wireless Network
Rumors were circulating earlier in the day, but now AT&T (s att) has made official its plans to allow Internet calling services…
Read MoreWeekly App Store Picks: April 4, 2009
It’s the weekend and this is TheAppleBlog…so that means only one thing: the latest picks fresh from the App Store. This week,…
Read MoreWhere the White Labels Are: The Imaginary Beast of iPhone Carrier Value-Add
In the recent past, I’ve covered a couple of the different white-label solutions from third-party developers for carriers that offer the iPhone.…
Read MoreWeekly App Store Roundup: Feb, 14th. 2009
Get your spoon and prepare to swallow a whole tub of awesome because we’ve got the freshest picks from the App Store…
Read MoreYahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta, Now With Better Hiding
I have no numbers to back this up, but based on personal experience, and anectdotal evidence, I would say that a lot…
Read MoreJAJAH Can Transform Your iPod Touch Into an iPhone
With the introduction of microphone support and an external speaker, the gap between the iPhone and the iPod touch was becoming increasingly…
Read MoreiPod touch Gets VoIP Thanks to Truphone
The iPhone no longer gets to have all the VoIP fun among Apple handhelds, thanks to the just released Truphone for iPod…
Read MoreiPhone Gets VoIP, Thanks to Fring
As of yesterday, the iPhone natively supports VoIP calls without jailbreaking thanks to fring, a multi-client instant messaging application with Skype, Skype-out,…
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