Tag: Skype
How Technology Can Save Your Valentine’s Day & Last Minute Gift Ideas
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and while a recent survey by Snapily shoes that your loved one will prefer a tangible card, technology can help long distance and last minute love birds this holiday season. If you need some help to be the best Valentine you can be, check out our guide to [...]
Skype iPhone App Updated For Video Chat Over 3G and to Computers
Skype announced today that the popular app for the iPhone had been updated to include video chat. Unlike Facetime which only works over WiFi and only to FaceTime the iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac — the updated Skype App for iPhone will allow users to video chat over 3G and to chat with users Skype on Windows [...]
Skype for Mac 5.0 Beta with Group Video Calling
Skype just released a new beta for Mac users, Skype for Mac 5.0 Beta, which brings many new features to Skype on the Mac including group video chat and a few other new items. The beta is available as a free download and in addition to the group video conferencing, which allows more than 2 people [...]
How to Use Your iPod Touch Like an iPhone
The latest iPod Touch is more like the iPhone than any previous generation with the camera and the retina display. Steve Jobs even hinted that the device is phone-like in his announcement when he said it was like an “iPhone without a contract”. With a little effort, a few apps, and some optional accessories the [...]
Skype FreeTalk Wireless Headset Review: Almost Perfect For Chat & Music
For the past month we have been reviewing the Skype Freetalk Wireless Headset. This wireless headset is designed to be used with Skype or other VOIP services, including GMail Chat, and they pull double duty as a pair of wireless headphones for listening to music. The Skype Freetalk Wireless Headset (ISS TALK-5192) retails for $80 [...]
Notebooks.com Week in Review – Fall Releases Edition
This week was a big week for fall releases with announcements from Apple, HP, Samsung, Microsoft, Gmail, Nvidia and more. In addition to new products and technology we also shared reviews and first looks at a number of items and found some cool news to boot. Fall 2010 Consumer Electronic Launch Announcements: Apple launches new [...]
Skype Freetalk Wireless Headset First Impressions (Video)
Skype is a great way to stay in touch, but if you don’t want to be tethered to your computer by wires you’ll need a good wireless headset. Traditionally these have been expensive or required a sacrifice of quality but at first glance it looks like the Skype Freetalk Wireless headset can deliver quality without [...]
Test FaceTime by Calling Apple at 1-888-FACETIME
FaceTime, a feature found on Apple’s famed iPhone 4, allows video calls to be placed by two iPhone 4 users over WiFi. But, how do you test it if you were lucky enough to get ahold of the iPhone 4 and your friends did not? Worry no more, as you can test it with an [...]
Skype Offers Month of Free Calls to Qualifying Countries
In celebration of the World Cup, Skype announced yesterday that it would offer free calls to the USA, Mexico, and many other qualifying countries for an entire month. Skype has offered affordable international calling rates for some time now, on a monthly or Pay As You Go basis. Now, the company is offering a free [...]
Skype Shows Interest in Working with Apple’s FaceTime
With the announcement of FaceTime for the iPhone 4 at WWDC this past Monday, Steve Jobs mentioned FaceTime’s open format. This alluded to the possibility of other “calling” applications being able to take advantage of FaceTime’s mobile video calling capabilities. In comes Skype, wanting in on the action. Skype, confirming to Pocket-lint stated, “It’s clear [...]
