Since its release late Saturday, Skype for iPhone 2.0, with its support of calling over 3G carriers and superwideband audio using Skype’s SILK codec, has set the blogosphere awash with two genres of commentary: those who seem to think the end of free Skype calling is approaching as an Armageddon and those who recognize [...]
Communications Technology, Mobile Applications, Mobile Devices, Skype News, Skype Platform, Skype on Mobile, Using Skype, Wireless Carriers
So it’s finally resolved. The Skype spinout from eBay will involve Skype’s founders as investors and board members while contributing a cash investment. Skype finally owns the core intellectual property required for Skype to operate at its current cost levels. eBay gets the cash they were looking for but 5% less of the new [...]
Communications News, Skype News, Skype Operations
Internet Censorship Explorer Nart Villeneuve has been getting lots of questions about his “Breaching Trust” report and issued a Q&A that answers some common questions. Initially he describes how he determined that messages containing key words were being uploaded to a web server. (The technologically curious can get the answer through accessing the link.) He [...]
Communications News, Service Providers, Skype News, Skype Operations, Using Skype
Reports of a Skype vulnerability have been addressed by Skype through disabling the Dailymotion video service until the relevant feature has been fixed. This disablement is indicated by the absence of the Dailymotion tab in the “Add Video to Chat” window. For the geek inclined, technical details are here.
With respect to the second issue raised [...]
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