Sometimes you may want to record a Skype call or conversation. This can be handy to have a record of a call or if you want to publish the conversation later on the Internet or a network. The Skype voice over IP software does not come with capabilities to record calls, which is why several [...]
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Microsoft Buys Skype, What Does It Mean For You?
Microsoft is buying Skype for $8.5 billion Dollars, that’s the big news today. This deal brings up lots of questions. Did Microsoft overpay for Skype? The current owners have bought Skype one and a half year ago from eBay for $2.75 billion Dollars, which makes the $8.5 billion Dollar offer an increase of more than [...]
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Telify, Convert Phone Numbers Into Links For Use With Skype
Telify, an extension for the Thunderbird email client and Mozilla Firefox web browser, turns phone numbers in emails and on web pages into clickable links that open supported voice applications to make calls more comfortably. All it takes is to click on the phone number to initiate that call directly in the selected application. The [...]
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Skype Starting To Support 720p HD Video Calls
The voip company Skype made an announcement yesterday that they started to support 720 HD video calls in the latest Windows beta version of Skype. Skype 4.2 for Windows can deliver 720p HD-quality video calling at 1280 x 720 resolution, at up to 30 frames per second which is an improvement over the current video [...]
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Google Voice To Get VOIP
Even if you do not like Google you must have to admit that they are brilliant when it comes to tapping in markets and providing products that many people want to use. Google Voice for instance offers that many additional features that it on its own is a very competitive and interesting product. Features like [...]
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Skype Translate
Translation is sometimes the only option to communicate with someone or to understand the information that are posted on a website. Skype Translate is a free service for the voice over IP software Skype that will automatically translate text into another language that has been selected by the user. Skype Translate offers several advantages over [...]
The Plot Thickens Around The Google Phone
The Google phone is all over the Internet, thanks to a fresh wave of new leaks and speculations. It looks like the Google phone is ‘very real’ and it is being developed by Google as you read this. This news, brought to us by the good folks at TechCrunch, has created quite a sensation everywhere. [...]
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Skype Translator
Automatic translations are a good but imperfect way of being able to understand text that is written in a language that is not spoken by the user (or not spoken sufficiently to understand the text). Google’s translation service is without doubt one of the most popular – and widely used – automatic translation services on [...]
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Skype 4.1 Beta Adds Screen Sharing
A new beta version of the Windows edition of Skype 4.1 has been released today. The new version adds several new features to the voice over IP client that increase its value for end users and business alike. Probably the most popular change is the addition of screen sharing which makes it possible to share [...]