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Vodafone Plans Daylight Robbery Over FaceTime and VoIP
The network big dogs have released their plans and prices for the release of the iPhone 5, but one specific network provider is playing hardball with a handy new feature called FaceTime over 3G. In...
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Windows 8 Will Have At Least One Decent App on Launch
The Microsoft-owned Skype is going through a bit of a transition at the moment, away from the desktop-centric, cheap peer-to-peer connections of old, to a more mobile-friendly client-server system....
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You Can Now Buy Pre-Paid Skype Credit Cards In the UK
Almost everyone has Skype, but most use it for free Skype-to-Skype calling. Maybe that’s because you don’t want Microsoft to have your credit card details? Well, now you can buy Skype credit in the...
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Microsoft Is Killing Off Windows Live Messenger for Skype
The Verge is reporting that Microsoft is trying to nix its Windows Live Messenger client in favour of Skype. That’s definitely for the best, and something we’ve seen coming for a while now. But it also...
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Skype For Windows Phone 8 Now Available (With Background Notifications, Too)
While the lack of Spotify and Instagram apps has meant I’ve not changed over to Windows Phone 8 myself, if you’re equally as addicted to Skype, then you’ve got no reason not to switch platforms, as an...
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Your Skype Account Can Be Hacked Using Just Your Email Address
The Next Web is reporting that a security hole in Skype’s password recovery tool means that your account can be hacked using just your email address and username. A team of Russian hackers discovered...
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Skype’s Giving Everyone Free Unlimited Worldwide Phone Calling For an Entire...
Time to call that long-lost Aunt in the middle of absolute nowhere; Skype’s just announced you can now claim a whole month’s worth of unlimited free world-wide landline and mobile calling, but only if...
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Get a Month of Free, Unlimited Skype Worldwide Calling Right Now
Remember that short-lived, but extremely tasty free Premium Skype package Microsoft was punting for a month a while back? That let you call phone lines almost anywhere in the world for free, for as...
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Microsoft Killing Messenger on March 15th
You only have nine more weeks to glory in the history of Microsoft’s chat tool, with the company announcing plans to entirely kill off Messenger by March 15th. You’ll have to have switched over to...
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I Would Actually Live In Skype’s Awesome New London Office
OK, so Microsoft isn’t quite Google when it comes to crazy offices, but Skype’s new London HQ still looks pretty rad, in an I-would-actually-like-to-live-there kinda way, rather than a place that...
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Microsoft Released 1,558 Pieces of “Content” to Authorities in 2012
Microsoft has updated the world on its interactions with the security forces of the world, revealing that it received 75,378 separate requests for information from police and local security services...
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You Can Now Skype From Within a Browser
Microsoft has finally decided to roll out web-based Skype calling. Starting today, users will be able to make Skype video and voice calls from within Outlook.com using their browsers. When it rolled...
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PSA: Your Skype Messages Aren’t as Private as You Think They Are
Most people think of Skype as a secure means of communication, with messages kindly delivered using end-to-end encryption. But a new report by Ars Technica suggests that’s far from the case — and...
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Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Even More Tech Companies Caught Spying...
Wow. Nothing is sacred. The Washington Post has discovered that the US’ National Security Agency and the FBI have teamed up to tap into the servers of nine US tech companies—Microsoft, Google,...
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Skype 4.0 for Android: Same Skype, Totally New App
After announcing yesterday’s 100 million Android-download milestone, Skype celebrated the occasion with a totally overhauled, refreshed Android app that’s supposed to “make your interactions easier and...
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Do You Skype Your Pets?
This one has caught me completely by surprise. Apparently over half of Brits actually Skype their pets, and a quick whip round the office says, yes, people really do Skype, FaceTime, Hangout, whatever,...
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Travelling Around the World with Skype Actually Looks Kind of Fun
Sure, we would all love to travel around the world and do stuff but then life, work, money and excuses get in the way. So why not try to do what comedian Mark Malkoff did? He Skyped with 162 different...
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New Software Makes Skype Chats Way Less Awkward
Everybody who’s ever done a video chat has felt the frustration. You call your pal using Skype or whatever so that you can see their face and they can see yours, but whoops, you’re not even looking at...
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Skype Has 3D Video Calls Working “In the Lab” But is Unsure About a Public...
While Nintendo and the BBC are ditching 3D for the forseeable future, Microsoft’s Skype messaging tool is looking to embrace the tech at some point with bosses claiming it’s been experimenting with 3D...
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You’ll Sound a Bit More Human With Xbox One’s Voice Chat
Microsoft’s in-house geisha man Major Nelson has published some sample recordings of Xbox One’s voice chat output, revealing that the console’s chit-chat sounds markedly better than on Xbox 360. You’ll...
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