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Skype for iPhone 1.1

Update. Skype for iPhone 1.1.0.91.

Adds voicemail, sending SMS, and localization for Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Traditional Chinese as well as English. Skype displays the language in your iPhone-wide settings.

Download from the iTunes Store.

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Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 Gold

Download Skype 3.0 for Windows Phones. Current version: 3.0.0.256 (gold). Release date: June 29, 2009 (beta started in March 2009). New features: Send files Skype-to-Skype, Send texts (SMS). WindowsForDevices summary.

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Dryburgh: What’s after Skype? Intent.

eBay is preparing to spin-out Skype, setting it free to steer its own course. Almost six years ago Skype redefined realtime communications and changed the industry. Lee Dryburgh, the man behind the Emerging Communications Conference, shared some thoughts with me about his vision for what comes next. – Phil Wolff

I spent many years thinking [...]

Israel | Japan | pricing | Skype | software

PamFax launches in Japan; lowers rates to China and 12 other countries

Send a fax for €0,09 per page (US$0.13) to Singapore, Israel, Aland Islands, Malaysia, Finland, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Venezuela, Cyprus, Argentina, and Estonia. PamFax Pro subscribers pay €0,06. (Seems to be part of a larger trend. Skype cut rates to Turkey.)

And in today’s news, PamConsult is now selling a localized release [...]

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Roundup – Skype news

Yugma desktop sharing still hosts multiparty Skype meetings. New CEO tells TMC’s Patrick Bernard this Skype partner is restarting after layoffs and generally winding down the company. From happier times, Skype Journal wrote up: Yugma Skype Edition: Cross Platform Desktop Sharing, Yugma Skype Edition Version 3: Fluid Collaboration, Yugma Skype Becomes Skype Certified. Yugma may [...]

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Skype competitors suck. So says recruiting video.

meaningfulwork asks "Has your job expired?" in this video.

This leads to http://MyJobHasExpired.com.

Which leads to http://newjobs.skype.com/

The concept started with Skype alumnus Villu Arak (@villuarak), now CEO of Hill & Knowlton Estonia who brought the idea to Skype. The collaboration started then. Villu said "all actors, except for the evil dandruff-skiing [...]

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iPhone tethering fees violate Carterfone principles

AT&T prohibits tethering unless they sell you permission. From Plan Terms, Prohibited and Permissible Uses:

"Furthermore, plans(unless specifically designated for tethering usage) cannot be used for any applications that tether the device (through use of, including without limitation, connection kits, other phone/PDA-to computer accessories, BLUETOOTH® or any other wireless technology) to Personal Computers (including without [...]

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GigaOm: No Skype for Palm Pre yet.

"As things are evolving quickly in this space, we will continue to keep our eye on Palm’s Pre and webOS platform, which seems to be getting good traction in its first weekend. But we have nothing to announce at this time" a Skype spokesperson told Jennifer Martinez per her Skype: No Palm Pre App [...]

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Apple’s iPhone 3G S: still no video calling

The new iPhone 3G S seems designed to prevent video calling applications.

The feature is called "Video Recording," not a webcam.

The phone sports a great new camera, built for video. But only the one camera, facing away from you, the wrong way for video calls. Video calling needs a camera next to [...]

FCC | Life | politics | regulation | Skype | USA

King of Broadband

FCC acting chairman Michael Copps just named Blair Levin to coordinate the construction of the FCC’s broadband plan. Thank you, Chairman Copps! Mazel Tov, Mr. Levin!

Astoundingly great, ubiquitous, pervasive, cheap, uncensored, clean, accessible, fair and market-driven broadband might be possible with a national plan. A former commissioner, Levin understands the deeper tech, social, [...]

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Should Skype clients be Wave containers?

Last week Google announced Wave, a pre-alpha browser application project. The experience is like instant messaging but with the extensibility and variety you might find in facebook or OpenSocial applications. Wave can be highly decentralized, like email, with Wave servers hosted by any person or company that cares to. Wave clients run in browsers. (Good [...]

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Skype for Business: Interop2009 video

Stefan Öberg spoke at Interop 2009 last month, as Jim Courtney reported and Öberg blogged.

Two key takeaways.

First, Skype plans to formalize and extend its premium (prioritized queue, private resources) online customer support for enterprises and to deliver local language, in-country customer support through channel partners.

Last, Stefan said survey results [...]

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