Facebook today began testing a new feature in its Messenger app for Android and iOS that lets us send short “push to talk” voice messages. A modern walkie-talkie! Canadian iOS users get more as they can call each other for free anywhere they have a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. So if the test goes well, perhaps the rest of the world will get it for both Android and iOS. We can at least hope. The added functionality is to be expected as Microsoft continues to integrate Skype […] Continue reading →
I don’t know if I like or not that Microsoft has bought Skype. I still use the program, but I’m seeing changes that I don’t like. First of all the supernodes are now not decentralized. And now in the latest beta of the program, Microsoft has implemented their Live ID (Microsoft ID). Microsoft should have taken a different approach and migrated all their current Live Messenger users over to Skype, and killed their legacy instant messenger client. Now they have their classic […] Continue reading →
Microsoft was last year granted a patent for a technology called Legal Intercept, which apparently enables Microsoft to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype calls. But how was that possible? Skype calls are peer-to-peer (P2P) with the packets traveling across different router hops, and there should then be no way to predict exactly where the packets are going. Jennifer Caukin, Skype’s director of corporate communications answered CNET in 2008: “We have not received any […] Continue reading →
Jeg leste nettopp artikkelen “Skype ansetter for å tjene penger” hos E24. Tja, er det noe å heve øyenbrynene for? Ligger ikke det i alle selskapers natur? Jo, det gjør vel det. Problemet for Skype er meget vanskelig, da folk bruker tjenesten for å ringe gratis over internett. Selskapet ønsker nå å utvikle tjenester som de kan tjene penger på. Spørsmålet er om kundene ønsker slike tjenester. For det er […] Continue reading →
Extremely cool video, but Franky Frank is not me … The interesting message in this video is that Skype for iPhone 4 can serve a broader base of users than FaceTime. […] Continue reading →
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