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I suspect most people will be able to use Facebook + Skype before they receive invitations to Google’s pre-beta Google+
The product has been built on Skype and will include a desktop component. It’s not clear to me whether that means it will just work if a user has Skype already installed on the computer, or if additional software will need to be downloaded even if the user already uses Skype. But it’s clear that there’s very deep integration between the products, and from the user’s perspective, the product will be an in browser experience.
Facebook and Skype have already been working together, including integration of various Facebook features into the… Continue reading: Facebook Will Launch In-Browser Video Chat Next Week In Partnership With Skype [TechCrunch]
A very nice synopsis on the VoIP technology and why Skype works so well.
From a tech perspective, if you start by agreeing that voice and video over the internet is going to be important over the next decade, you’re halfway there.
Andrew’s bits at the end are very insightful:
What this means for Microsoft
With Skype, Microsoft gets the ONLY successful VoIP alternative that users have accepted, that works through firwewalls, and that can be purchased. Nobody can “own” SIP or h.323. IAX2 solves many of the problems with those other protocols but it’s… Continue reading: Why it makes sense for Microsoft to buy Skype – and why they’ll have a very hard time making it their own (Andrew’s Blog 05/12/2011)
A very nice synopsis on the VoIP technology and why Skype works so well.
From a tech perspective, if you start by agreeing that voice and video over the internet is going to be important over the next decade, you’re halfway there.
Andrew’s bits at the end are very insightful:
What this means for Microsoft
With Skype, Microsoft gets the ONLY successful VoIP alternative that users have accepted, that works through firwewalls, and that can be purchased. Nobody can “own” SIP or h.323. IAX2 solves many of the problems with those other protocols but it’s… Continue reading: Why it makes sense for Microsoft to buy Skype – and why they’ll have a very hard time making it their own (Andrew’s Blog 05/12/2011)
A very nice synopsis on the VoIP technology and why Skype works so well.
From a tech perspective, if you start by agreeing that voice and video over the internet is going to be important over the next decade, you’re halfway there.
Andrew’s bits at the end are very insightful:
What this means for Microsoft
With Skype, Microsoft gets the ONLY successful VoIP alternative that users have accepted, that works through firwewalls, and that can be purchased. Nobody can “own” SIP or h.323. IAX2 solves many of the problems with those other protocols but it’s… Continue reading: Why it makes sense for Microsoft to buy Skype – and why they’ll have a very hard time making it their own (Andrew’s Blog 05/12/2011)
A timely review of the latest Windows Skype client
Like some other technology trademarks, "Skype" has entered the vernacular, even being used as a verb by such luminaries as Oprah and Ellen. Its importance to modern life was highlighted by the outcry when the service went down for nearly two days. But as Skype’s influence becomes more powerful, so does the software itself: New in Skype since our last review are HD video calling, group video calls with up to five participants, and a completely new and clearer-sounding audio codec called SILK. Skype 5.3 is simply the best way to make voice and video calls using your Internet connection and computer.
Skype 5.3 for Windows Review… Continue reading: Skype 5.3 for Windows Review & Rating | PCMag.com
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