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Ex-British diplomat testifies on Skype
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While the deposition through Skype was a first for the Gujarat riot cases, Ian Reakes also momentarily put Principal District Judge Gita Gopi in a spot when, asked to take oath before he deposed, he said he didn’t believe in God. The court then told...
Five Things To Do Before Your SXSW Launch
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GroupMe’s group text messaging service eventually won the SXSW Breakout Award for representing the digital trend that gained the most traction during the festival and was bought by Skype late last summer. “The products that have breakout years are...
Android App of the Week: Vonage Mobile Brings Calls and Text on the Cheap
4 hours ago

Mobile is Vonage’s new VOIP app that is taking aim at Skype, and doing a pretty good job of it. Vonage Mobile lets users make calls without using their regular calling plan, like Skype. Unlike Skype, Vonage mobile enables texting and lets users use...
Soccer: Kosta has no regrets
5 hours ago

It is also strictly conservative: "Men and women don't seem to spend a lot of time together," says Barbarouses, "even those in a relationship." Premium vodka goes for $10 a litre and food is cheap, though he has not became a convert to caviar. He...
An app to match your appetite in Cambodia
7 hours ago

Diners can also type in how they want their drinks prepared (such as “no ice” or “no sugar”), read ingredients, and use the “menus” to access Facebook, Skype, or Twitter. Irina Afonina, a businesswoman from Kazakhstan who has lived in Cambodia for five...
Bangkok February 1619 2012
8 hours ago

Was exhausted and was asleep by 8pm Day 2 As you can all imagine my sleeping pattern is all messed up and with the early bedtime I was up at 5am. My Mama is still trying to lock down the time difference and had been skyping me since 1 am Thai time. So...
UK activist lifting the lid on secret Syria
10 hours ago

As Rami Abdul Rahman - founder of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights - he has become a kind of recording angel of death in Syria. He gets his information from more than 200 sources in every Syrian town and province linked through Skype so the...
Bahrain struggles to police the protests
10 hours ago

"We use an escalation of power, an escalation of force. We have a systematic approach," he says. 'Nothing to hide' On Thursday night, after I returned from Bahrain, I spoke to one of the leading activists via Skype. The police say they are committed to...
Syria forces fire on Damascus crowd
11 hours ago

"The forces of [President Bashar] Assad are shooting on those taking part in the funerals and firing tear gas to disperse them," Mohammad Chami, of the Local Coordination Committees which organise protests on the ground, said when contacted by Skype. ...
Turn your iPad into a business phone with Line2
11 hours ago

18, 2012, 7:04 AM — Your iPad--what a slacker, right? I mean, it can't even make phone calls! Well, okay, apps like Google Voice and Skype can give you a phone-like experience, but they're not exactly business-friendly. At its core, Line2 lives up to...
Syrian forces open fire on activist funeral crowds
11 hours ago

Mr Assad in the capital since the start of an uprising 11 months ago. "The forces of al-Assad are shooting on those taking part in the funerals and firing tear gas to disperse them," Mohammad Chami, of the Local Coordination Committees which organise...
Syria forces 'fire on Damascus funeral'
12 hours ago

"The forces of (President Bashar) al-Assad are shooting on those taking part in the funerals and firing tear gas to disperse them," Mohammad Chami, of the Local Coordination Committees which organise protests on the ground, said when contacted by Skype.
Facebook face-off
13 hours ago

While my husband has ticked off some friends and relatives owing to his online mania, our friendship with many others has blossomed because of it. He and his dad have made peace on the social networking platforms. They may be 14,000 kms apart but they...
Pastor phones home from Rome
18 hours ago

The Rev. Joseph F. Barr was communicating via Skype from a sunny St. Peter's Square in Rome. He smiled broadly from a screen set up in the auditorium of Immaculate Conception School in Towson. Barr and other Baltimore-area Catholics traveled this week...
Cisco begs EU: make Microsoft open up Skype's users to Cisco hardware
19 hours ago

Skype also uses a range of different codecs (including the proprietary, Google-owned VP8 and the open H.264). This makes Skype's network of users almost completely isolated, and unable to communicate directly with any other VoIP or video system. Skype...
Review: PlayStation Vita, a handheld gaming powerhouse
22 hours ago

Trophies also return with a new display and a brand new look. Users also have the option of accessing combined PS3 and Vita trophy information from their PlayStation Network account or just Vita trophy information from the system. Twitter, Skype and...
PS Vita: a Games page special
23 hours ago

It's also got smartphone standards such as touch screen, tilt control, accelerometer, cameras and microphone, as well as a Vita-exclusive touch panel on the back of the device. Alongside the gaming, few will be surprised to discover that Facebook,...
Jewish Film Festival begins Saturday
23 hours ago

Film Festival and which also played at Sundance Film Festival, screens at 1 p.m. Sunday. A drama about an elderly craftsman trying to avoid bankruptcy by restoring an antique Steinway piano, it’s followed by a Skype interview with director Joseph Madmony.
Local Marine sees son born from Afghanistan
23 hours ago

TWP. , Pa. The baby was born at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol on Tuesday. The baby boy was born on Tuesday, and his dad witnessed his birth. Baby Vinny was born on Valentine's Day, and dad was there for his arrival. "He was right there the entire...
U.S. Payroll Tax Holiday, Money Market Funds Rules
1 day ago

General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC. (Source: Bloomberg) Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Giancarlo, managing director at Silver Lake, talks about the Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Giancarlo, managing director at Silver Lake, talks about the...

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Skype (IPA: [skʌɪp]) is software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service are free of charge, while calls to landlines and cell phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing. Full Article

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