Wednesday, August 31, 2005

New Skype Beta Out

by alec on August 31, 2005

According to the Skype Journal, Skype for Windows Beta 1.4 is out.  Download it here.  Looks like there are some exciting new features, including Call Forwarding.

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Voice on IM Long Term

by alec on August 31, 2005

Om Malik on the Long Term Impact of Combining VoIP and IM.  As he says "Voice will soon become an embedded feature in most applications" — a platform component.  You will see voice in games, IM, business processes, web sites, and many many more places. 

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Why Google Talk?

August 31, 2005

Joe Laszlo, at Jupiter Research, offers the Top 5 reasons for Google Talk.  Tongue firmly planted in cheek. Thanks Randy!

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MSN Acquires Teleo

August 31, 2005

There’s a very interesting story on the wire this morning.  Microsoft has acquired Teleo, a San Francisco VoIP startup, and plans to offer VoIP services (both paid and free) through MSN.  Repeat after me: softphones are platforms, softphones are platforms. You can read about it on: Seattle PI: The Seattle PI includes this interesting tidbit: [...]

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