Skype News
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The online video chat service Skype has taken down instant messaging emoticons showing a middle finger and a woman's legs.
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Skype, the instant messaging platform, has indicated it is developing 3D video calls. The project is being undertaken following Microsoft’s acquisition of the video conferencing platform.
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Scottish Daniel Perry, 17 killed himself after becoming the victim of an online blackmail scam on Skype. The blackmailers threatened if Perry didn't pay up, they'd share a recording of the conversation he was having with some girl.
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Skype and an artist helped create what is being called an 'impossible family portrait' for a man, Denis, who fled his native country of Uganda.
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Kaspersky Lab, a Russian security firm, identified a spam message campaign on Skype that spreads malware that has Bitcoin mining capabilities.
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The French telecom authorities, ARCEP, informed the Paris state prosecutor that Skype must submit to the French law's concerning electronic communications operator, which requires operators to allow police in France to listen in on any calls.
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Technology such as Facebook, Twitter and Skype are wonderful resources for friends who want to keep in touch, but the technology isn't limited to humans as these two long distance canine friends will tell you.
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Sydney -
Ransomware is malware which locks users out of their computers and encrypts their data. The users are told to pay money to unlock their machines. Australian businesses are being targeted by this malware, which is also being reported on Skype.
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American Idol runner up Jessica Sanchez was visibly overwhelmed with the huge crowd gathered at the Mall of Asia in Manila where she appeared live on Skype feed as she interacts with adoring fans Sunday night.
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The U.S. Army has said that the soldier who died in Afghanistan while chatting with his wife on Skype was not shot. The Army said that in spite of the claim by his wife that the captain was shot, he did not have a bullet wound.
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The wife of a U.S. Army captain who watched her husband slump forward dead while he was on Skype with her has raised questions about official report that her army medic husband Bruce Kevin Clark, died of "natural causes" while serving in Afghanistan.
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Microsoft has launched a beta version of the Skype for Windows Phone app today; a full release is tabled for April this year.
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Skype is going to acquire group messaging service GroupMe, which was created back in 2012 at a Hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York.
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Paris -
Well before entering political office, tomorrow's world leaders are meeting, talking and sharing --right now-- using social networks, with serious implications for our future global order.
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After a month of speculations, Skype for iPad is finally out across the world. The native app which opens up Apple tablet PCs for voice and video chatting makes it possible to communicate with Mac and PC users.
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Charleston -
Capt Paul Santana and his wife Lindsey didn't let 6000 miles deter them from sharing in the birth of their child. With the help of the staff at a WV hospital and Skype Paul was able to watch the birth while stationed in Iraq with the Army National Guard.
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Facebook is rolling out a redesigned Chat service, adding functions to let Facebook users video-chat with friends. Group Chat has also been introduced for users who want to talk to multiple friends at once.
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Washington -
A little over a month after announcing they were buying Skype, Microsoft has overcome a considerable hurdle by securing the approval of the Federal Trade Commission.
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I’ve written countless articles on ergonomics. I was therefore less than impressed when I gave myself an ergonomic injury, using computer chairs. Not one, but two, new chairs had resulted in sharp lower back pains and related issues.
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Bloomberg were almost entirely negative about the deal. They actually dug up a stockholder who was prepared to fret about it and the price. The Skype deal has some other facets, however, and they haven’t been mentioned.
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In a press release issued this morning, Microsoft confirmed rumours it will buy Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. The acquisition is the largest in Microsoft's history.
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Microsoft is reportedly buying Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for close to $8.5 billion. It would be Microsoft’s largest acquisition in its history.
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Rovio, the company behind the video game phenomenon called "Angry Birds," is now flush with cash after Skype's founders and other investors injected $40 million in funding.
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Dallas -
Mark Reed-Walkup and and Dante Walkup, of Texas, are the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to use Skype to become legally married.
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Two major Internet companies, Skype and Twitter, both have new CEOs. Dick Costolo has taken over from Evan Williams at Twitter and Tony Bates, previously at CISCO, has been appointed as the CEO of Skype.
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The communications network Skype is reported to be in talks with the online social-networking site Facebook to form a partnership.
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Popular VoIP service, Skype, has tonight updated its iPhone application, bringing amongst other things support for calling others over 3G connections.
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The premise of chatroulette.com is simple: turn on your webcam and start up a conversation with a randomly selected stranger.
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Linux client of popular instant messaging software Skype, will be soon available as open source. It should help its further development.
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Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of the international telecommunications network, Skype, are now jousting several legal battles against eBay Inc.
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Dogs have a conversation via Skype
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