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SkypeKit: “Naked” Skype Support Arrives for Hardware-Embedded Skype and PC Applications

By on June 22, 2010

This morning, at the CEA Line Show in New York, Skype is taking the first step in the evolution of its revamped developer platform with the beta release of SkypeKit, “empowering consumer electronic and desktop software innovators to embed Skype into their products”. In summary: Most importantly, SkypeKit allows developers to embed all the functionality [...]

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Skype Video Calling on Your TV? Maybe, Maybe Not: It’s Your Call

Skype Video Calling on Your TV? Maybe, Maybe Not: It’s Your Call

By on January 5, 2010

Skype’s announcement today of agreements to have television sets become end points for Skype video calls really raises a series of both user interface issues as well as social issues: Do I want to be interrupted while watching programming such as a sporting event or Oprah? Where is it more convenient to talk: via a [...]

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Mr. Mashup, Thomas Howe, Executes on His Passion

By on March 4, 2009

Thomas Howe has long been noted for his expertise in developing “Communications Enhanced Business Processes” (“CEBP”). Fundamentally this involves embedding communications facilitation into a legacy business process such as to reduce operating overheads and/or increase employee productivity. From many of the examples I have seen, I would call it eliminating the “intrinsically mundane” from any [...]

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Skype at eComm 2009: Royalty Free Licensing of SILK Codec

By on March 3, 2009

With the launch of Skype for Windows 4.0, Skype delivered its first client incorporating Skype’s new superwideband SILK codec providing a new user experience in voice calling. For example, Alec Saunders in “Skype 4.0 audio: smooth as SILK”: Perhaps the biggest improvement, though, is audio quality.  We all thought that Skype audio was great, right?  [...]

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Skype Everywhere: Sony Xperia X1 Skype panel announced at MWC

By on February 16, 2009

One of the evolving issues with the release of so many smartphone applications is how to manage access to a multitude of applications from a “Home” screen. iPhone allows up to nine Home screens; BlackBerry and Nokia basically use a Folder Tree for access via the Home screen or a sub-folder. Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1, [...]

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GMail Voice and Video Chat: Threading Voice and Video Into Email Dialogues

By on November 14, 2008

Earlier this week the GMail weblog announced GMail voice and video chat; basically they are designed to add voice and video modes to an email thread; from the GMail blog post: … today we’re launching voice and video chat — right inside Gmail. We’ve tried to make this an easy-to-use, seamless experience, with high-quality audio [...]

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