Skype

Does Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype change anything?

May 10, 2011
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So Microsoft has acquired Skype for $8.5 billion.  Whew!  It’s a breathtaking sum, especially for a company who’s bread and butter is the prepaid telecom business. Of all those rumoured to have been in the hunt for Skype, however, Microsoft was the suitor most able to take advantage of Skype’s network, ecosystem, and technology.  Their [...]

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Skype “reboot” takes 12 hours. Good enough for business?

December 23, 2010
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Early yesterday afternoon, one of our developers poked his head into my office.  “Hey,  have you been following the twitter traffic on Skype?  Apparently it’s down.  Are you still connected?”.  Sure enough, the Skype on my desktop was down.  In fact, it had crashed, and the client needed to be restarted.  And yesterday evening I [...]

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Viber–the best iPhone VoIP experience yet.

December 3, 2010
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Viber is a new VoIP client for iPhone users that provides free calling between Viber users.  Plus, it’s a free download from the Apple App Store.  Free and free.  You can’t get much better than that, can you? Some folks are hyping this application as the Skype Killer on mobile devices.  High praise! I thought [...]

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Skype vs Apple–is video the catalyst?

November 29, 2010
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In “The Sunday Morning Reflections on Game Changing Technology” Andy Abramson digs into what’s going on in the video space. You can summarize what he’s saying as “with Facetime, Apple could remake the video conferencing space”.  He lays out a number of scenarios where applications like Webex and GoToMeeting are shared with video via an [...]

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Why wouldn’t Skype want 30 million paying customers?

October 25, 2010

Skype has cut Nimbuzz off.  What that means is that users of Nimbuzz’ popular mobile clients will no longer be able to make calls using the SkypeOut network.  According to Skype themselves, it was for unspecified violations of the Skype API terms and license.  Nimbuzz US General Manager Tobias Kemper provided further detail in an [...]

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Why we love Skype Connect for Calliflower Conference Calls

August 30, 2010
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In beta since March of last year, Skype Connect (formerly Skype for SIP) is now officially launched.  The purpose of Skype Connect is to allow companies to connect corporate phone systems to Skype, letting customers who use Skype contact the company via an IP call, and allowing the company to take advantage of Skype’s cheap [...]

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Is the hoopla around Google Voice warranted?

August 25, 2010
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It might seem curmudgeonly of me to say this, but I am baffled by the attention generated by Google’s announcement that they will add voice calling to Gmail. Granted, merging the voice mail box and the email box is a very friendly move for users.  Allowing an immediate follow up to an email, via voice, [...]

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You’re Welcome, Skype!

June 2, 2010

I always feel a little smug when our band of smart developers helps out one of our really big partners.  Today’s “recipient of our largesse” is none other than Skype.  Late last week Jim Courtney noticed that the CalliflowerSkype link wasn’t working any more.  We alerted Skype.  They had just upgraded their SIP servers it [...]

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Skype on 3G mobile impresses

June 1, 2010

Image via CrunchBase Yesterday, using the newly announced Skype over 3G for iPhone,  I made a number of Skype to Skype calls on iPhone and iPad. The calls were made from my office as well as from the car.  Initial thoughts: Crystal clear sound. Never have I heard that kind of sound quality on a [...]

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Skype’s “small fee” is noise guys.

May 30, 2010

Image by Photo Giddy via Flickr Sometimes you have to really shake your head at the quality of the commentary on the internet.  Fact: Skype has finally released a version of Skype for iPhone that supports calling over 3G networks.  Never mind the fly in the ointment that all the commentary is  stuck on – [...]

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