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Download Skype 5.8 for Windows with Push to Talk, Facebook Video Calling

Skype 5.8 is the latest version of the popular VoIP application for Windows computers. The app was put up for download yesterday, with features aimed at making video calling more pleasant than before. The new application release arrives with enhancements that include full HD video calling, Facebook audio and video...

3 February 2012
08:14 GMT

Skype 5.8 Comes with Group Screen Sharing and Full HD Video Calls

The focus in the latest version for Skype is sharing, as the developer introduces a new feature, called Group Screen Sharing. The name says it all: everything that pops on your screen can be shared with a group of people at the other end. As such, you can share a presentation over a call or share photos without havi...

2 February 2012
11:49 GMT

Skype Readies Windows 8 Metro App

When made commercially available later this year, Windows 8 should include a Skype Metro app as well, recent job posts on the company’s website suggest. The company's website shows that Skype is looking to hire developers to get started with the building of a Metro application that will be based on C# a...

19 January 2012
09:58 GMT

Microsoft Promises Deep Skype Integration in Windows Phone

Skype is coming to Windows Phone. Microsoft has said that even before buying Skype, though the client has not been made available as of yet (other mobile platforms out there can already enjoy Skype calling). However, it is coming, and will arrive on devices sooner rather than later. Microsoft has said this before, ...

17 January 2012
04:00 GMT

Video Calling Enjoys Increased Popularity

Video calling is one feature that most of the latest smartphones around the world have, but it is not available exclusively on these devices, and it appears that it benefits from increased popularity among users of all kind. In fact, video calling is most used on the PC area, and has only recently made it to mobil...

1 December 2011
13:51 GMT

fring for Android Now with Clearer Voice Quality

fring has just announced the release of a new version of their application for devices running under Google’s Android operating system. Put on download through the Android Market, the new app flavor brings along better voice quality, as well as a series of bug fixes meant to make the experience users receive fr...

1 December 2011
11:02 GMT

Microsoft Brings Lync to Mobile Before Year's End

One new feature that the owners of devices running under Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will be able to enjoy before 2011 is over is the business instant messaging solution Lync. The Redmond-based software giant already announced plans to make this move, and the company is now getting closer to an officia...

23 November 2011
12:21 GMT

HTC and Samsung Push Custom Flavors of Tango App in the Marketplace

Owners of handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS can now enjoy the benefits of the first video calling application released for their handsets, namely Tango, and some of them can even download custom releases of the software. HTC and Samsung have both pushed out such iterations of the ap...

11 November 2011
07:11 GMT

Tango Video Calling App Now in the Windows Phone Marketplace

The first application that offers Windows Phone users the possibility to place and receive video calls is now available for download via the Windows Phone Marketplace, namely Tango. The application has been designed to offer users the ability to easily make phone calls or video calls over mobile networks, as well ...

9 November 2011
14:21 GMT

Fring Offers Unlimited Calls Worldwide for $7/Month

Users of the fring mobile application can now benefit from Unlimited calling to a number of 40 countries all around the world for only $7/month. Fring has just announced the availability of fringOut’s monthly subscription with the said unlimited calling into the mix, adding that the option is available for the...

31 October 2011
15:11 GMT

Video Calling on Nokia Handsets

Nokia's smartphones offer users the possibility to make and receive video calls, the same as other mobile platforms out there can, and the Finnish mobile phone maker is keen on telling users that. Video calling has been available on Nokia devices ever since 2004, when the company packed this functionality in ...

12 October 2011
14:11 GMT

Free Video Calling Service Tango Comes to PC

Chances are you never heard of an app called Tango. That’s okay, I never knew about it until today, when it was released for PC. It is already famous among iOS and Android users as it offers free video calling.In order to reach a wider audience, the company released the PC version of their application. It runs ...

30 September 2011
17:01 GMT

Front-Facing Cameras and Skype Confirmed Again for Windows Phone

As soon as the next flavor of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system will arrive on shelves, users will be able to enjoy a new set of features and capabilities, that's no mystery. Microsoft already announced plans to include a number of over 500 new features in Mango when compared to the previous Wi...

25 August 2011
14:01 GMT

Skype Video Calling on Xperia neo and Xperia pro

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone make Sony Ericsson is among the companies that offers devices supported by the newly announced video calling feature in Skype. Two of the company's handsets were announced as being capable to place and receive Skype video calls at the moment, namely the Xperia neo and Xperia pr...

11 July 2011
09:25 GMT

Facebook Scammers Ride the Video Calling Wave

Facebook scammers have already begun to exploit the news that Facebook will launch a video chat service by luring users to fake apps.Facebook announced earlier this week that it will launch a video chat service on the social networking platform powered by technologies behind the popular Skype application.While this i...

8 July 2011
14:11 GMT

Skype 2.0 for Android Gets Hotfix, Loaded on More Handsets

Last week, Skype announced the release of a new flavor of their application for Android-based mobile phone, one that brought video calling into the mix, and the company already released a hotfix for it, aimed at resolving some issues the software came with in the first place. The app came with video calling enab...

4 July 2011
05:00 GMT

Skype 2.0 for Android Now Available with Video Calling

Skype has just announced the release of a new version of their application designed for handsets running under Google's Android operating system, namely Skype 2.0. The new flavor of the mobile application comes with enhancements like Video calling and support for sending SMS messages, and was already made a...

30 June 2011
07:38 GMT

ooVoo App Brings 6-Way Multi-Party Video Chat to iPhone, iPad

ooVoo has announced availability of its free video chat service on iOS platforms, confirming that the app has already become one of iTunes’ top ten free apps. The latest version lets you call up to five friends or family members anywhere on their computers or compatible portables.Currently the number one social...

2 June 2011
09:22 GMT

Mango to Be Windows Phone 7.1, Will Support Front-Facing Cameras

As the official announcement on the next Windows Phone platform version approaches, more and more rumors on what it would be all about started to emerge. Some of the most recent ones suggest that the platform would be released on devices as Windows Phone 7.1.Undoubtedly, this does come as a surprise for some, based ...

24 May 2011
08:35 GMT

FaceTime App for iPad 2 Leaked

Leaked iPad 2 FaceTime files from the iOS 4.3 beta SDK were successfully installed onto Apple’s original iPad which appears to be capable of handling the software, albeit without sending any imagery to the caller / recipient, due to the lack of a built-in camera. 9to5mac.com is reporting on the feat achieved...

9 February 2011
07:56 GMT

iPod touch 4 Gains Video Calling Support in Yahoo! Messenger 2.0.1

According to the makers of Yahoo! Messenger for iOS, the application can now be used “to make video calls and stream live video one-to-one.” The feature was previously exclusive to iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users running iOS 4.1. It is now available for iPod touch 4th generation users as well, with the same...

28 October 2010
10:17 GMT

Yahoo! Apps and Services on Sprint and T-Mobile Android Handsets

Yahoo! seems set to gain some more market share on the mobile space, which is dominated by Google, and has just made some new steps in this direction, through signing exclusive deals to power Android-based devices available at Sprint and T-Mobile in the United States. The Internet giant would offer various services ...

11 October 2010
05:17 GMT

HTC EVO 4G Gets Fixed Qik, Video Chats Run Smooth Now

No longer than a month ago, HTC EVO 4G users where hyped by the new Sprint service that enabled two-way video-chatting employing a dedicated application called Qik. Even though Sprint charged an extra $10 just for this premium service, people rushed to get the feature. This resulted in Qik, the company distributing t...

8 July 2010
04:28 GMT

Canadian Carriers Trial Two-Way Video Calling

Canadian mobile phone carriers Bell, Rogers and TELUS announced on Wednesday that they had successfully completed two-way mobile video calling trials between operators. According to the trio, Canadian handset users are now one step closer to benefiting from video calling services that will bring together friends, fa...

25 February 2010
12:21 GMT

Saygus Goes Official with Its VPhone

Saygus, Inc. announced on Monday its Android-powered mobile phone, called the Saygus VPhone, coming to the market with two-way video calling capability. The handset has been unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards in New York November 10, where it ...

17 November 2009
02:53 GMT

Bell Mobility Launches Video Calling

One of the new services that Canadian mobile phone users are now able to enjoy on Bell Mobility's new HSPA network is Video Calling, the wireless carrier announced recently. According to the company, the new service is intended to offer users the possibility to make and take phone-to-phone video calls with othe...

6 November 2009
15:41 GMT

Logitech Gets Very Serious About Video Calling

Whenever a company wants to strengthen one of its research sectors or enter a whole new market sector, it generally applies one of two methods: either create its own team (which sometimes takes a lot of time and lacks immediate results) or purchase another company, which is already active in the respective field. And...

29 October 2008
05:48 GMT

3G Video Calling's Price Is Too High

Tarifica, Broadband Business Forecast's sister division has looked into why video calling hasn't been as popular and appreciated by customers as expected. Among other reasons, the group found that the primary reason is the service's high price. Also discouraging is the lack of networks that support vid...

13 March 2007
08:08 GMT


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