Microsoft is finally moving its latest Linux Skype client to beta and adding the ability to video-conference with other people using the latest model of Skype. What’s new in the Skype for Linux beta. More>
March 6, 2017
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May 28, 2013
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Google moves away from the XMPP open-messaging standard
When Google announced that it was consolidating its Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) instant messaging and video-conferencing services into Google Hangouts, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) noticed that Google had also sharply diminished “support for the open messaging protocol known as XMPP … Continue reading
May 24, 2013
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Microsoft’s Linux app, Skype, gets updated
A few years back, Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds said, “If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I’ve won.” By that standard, Linux won last year when Microsoft started shipping a new version of Skype, its then recently acquired … Continue reading
May 21, 2013
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Google Voice integrating into Google Hangouts
For years, Google had multiple Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), instant messaging, and video-conferencing services. Now, Google is uniting those services under Google Hangouts. It wasn’t clear though where Google Voice, its main VoIP program that crossed the gap between landline/cellular and … Continue reading
November 7, 2012
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VoIP and instant messaging problem looming: Skype doesn’t support IPv6
Skype, despite built-in advertising and no privacy guarantees is still a very popular Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) client. Indeed, Microsoft is replacing Windows Live Messaging with Skype. Skype has another problem that’s becoming increasingly troublesome: It … Continue reading
July 30, 2012
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Google adds Google+ Hangout style video-conferencing to Gmail
Fred Brewin, a Google product manager, has just announced that Google is upgrading its Gmail and its closely allied Google Talk instant-messaging, VoIP, and video-chat service to to “a more modern video calling technology — Google+ Hangouts.” Google+ Hangouts enables … Continue reading