Skype recently released their 3.0 Beta for Windows version and they’re doing a bit of a push in terms of free SkypeOut promos, to supplement recent promos for France and Hong Kong. Then there was their school giveaway in September. Now they’re adding limited promos for a few countries. Polish Promo For two days onlyContinue Reading
Skype 3.0 is on the way soon with a possible release of a new client application due out tomorrow morning some time. Yay! There is no concrete word on what the new release will actually contain, but many users / developers (including Alec Saunders and Om Malik) have been pining for a call transfer APIContinue Reading
Ah, Luxury A new luxury hotel in Seattle, Washington, Hotel 1000, is loading up the features to give their guests an ultimate experience enhanced by all kinds of rich media delivery via IP communications. The converged network, which uses Cisco Unified Communications system, offers Internet access, VoIP calling, video including IPTV, electronic doors, video valetContinue Reading
Yep, you’ve heard it right. Skype, the lowly softphone that was, has become so ubiquitous that BP have given it a central role in it’s disaster planning. BP suffered extensive damages during the 2005 hurricane season when one of it’s refineries was struck killing 15 workers and sending global oil prices through the roof. AsContinue Reading
More VoIP IPOs Another VoIP company is going public. This time, instead of hardware, it’s a softswitch maker, Veraz Networks Inc. Veraz will trade on the NASDAQ once their IPO is out. [via New Telephony] Skype Pocket PC 2.1 Jim Courtney gives some details about the new 2.1 version of Skype for Pocket PC andContinue Reading