Tag: skype
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Skype will never succeed as a replacement for your home phone…
…so long as they’re happy to just “block” people’s accounts and prevent them from using the service. Last night I tried calling my wife and I kept getting “call failed”. So I tried from my computer, thinking my Skype phone was screwy. I got the dreaded “account blocked” message. I rely exclusively on Skype for […]
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Turn your iPhone into a wifi Skype phone
There has been a lot of buzz on the intertubes today about Fring. They’re an Israeli startup who released a fairly popular mobile chat client. That’s simplifying things – in addition to supporting every major IM client, Fring automatically logs you into wireless hotspots, does VOIP and allows file transfers. It’s like a mobile version […]