The folks at VoIP software provider Skype don’t let the grass grow under their feet. Four hours ago, Bill Campbell of the Skype Journal messaged me to tell me that Skype Groups had been released. SkypeJournal has tested this new portal, and "it works!". It’s just what the doctor called for for small businesses – a way for multiple people to be billed on one account.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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The Skype handset market is starting to get crowded. Now IPEVO has entered this burgeoning frontier with their new FREE.1 USB (read: tethered) handset. That large opening at the receiver area supposedly “significantly eliminates echoing effects†which if true, would be a welcome feature indeed. The “phoneâ€, which is really just a displayless Skype controller, boasts three function buttons: a Skype button which launches Skype on the PC; a SkypeOut button with pre-dial country codes; and an IM button (on a handset!?). In addition, it features a toggle-scroll for fast contact list searches and 3 user-programmable shortcut buttons for changing online status or setting the ring tone. Launched in Taiwan earlier this week, expect to see it Stateside around October. Oh, and regardless of the name, it’s not free — it currently sells for about $27.
from http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000687058761/