Tag: VOIP

Share According to Ars Technica, San Francisco resident Gregory Giusti used magicJack, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider, to make 48 harassing phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's California home, her Washington DC home, her San Francisco office and her husband's California office. The calls began on February 6th and continued until March 25th. In a sworn FBI affidavit (.PDF), ...

It's no secret that we're big fans of Google Voice here at Switched. But, while it's proven quite useful for archiving voicemails and text messages, we don't enjoy having to be tethered to an existing phone line in order to place and receive calls. When Google snatched up VoIP service Gizmo5 in November, though, we knew it would only be a matter of time before the company launched a full-fledged ...

Is your desk unnecessarily cluttered with telephones? You've got your personal cell phone, your business mobile and the land line all at your desk. (Actually, all of our Millennial readers can skip this post, since having more than one phone sounds positively nutty to us.) As a result of all this, you're constantly juggling handsets and touchscreens and speed-dial buttons, strangling yourself ...

It looks like Oprah isn't the only one loving on Skype. The service, which allows users to make free calls to other users over the Internet, and to make ridiculously cheap calls to actual phones, just received a major boost thanks to Verizon. The carrier, which you would think might see Skype as something of a competitor, will now be allowing its subscribers to make Skype calls from their ...

Videophone Touch AiGuru SV1T (Novice, Under $500) For the grandparent who has neither the time nor the interest in learning to use a computer, the ASUS Videophone Touch ($299) makes an amazing gift. Essentially, the all-in-one device allows the user to make unlimited video Skype calls, without using a computer or other hardware. The 7-inch touchscreen, built-in camera, and speaker make the ...

Skype, a service which provides free Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls between users, has exploded in popularity, reportedly becoming the world's largest international call provider. Skype is generally considered to be almost impenetrable to hackers, due to its encryption software, but it's now evident that a "wiretap Trojan" virus will allow eavesdroppers to record, and listen to, ...

VoIP service Vonage will be joining Skype in the iTunes App Store sometime in the future. According to a press release from Vonage, Apple has given its blessing to the Internet phone company's iPhone app. Of course, little is known about the app since it's currently unavailable for download. The Vonage iPhone app is currently in beta testing with general availability to be announced later. One ...

In the world of network television, show producers have millions of dollars at their disposal. As such, they can usually swing some high-tech equipment to make sure that when guests appear on video from some other part of the world, they do so with a high-quality video and audio signal. Oprah, despite her millions (billions?), is forgoing all that in favor of Skype, the free online telephone and ...

Skype software enables its users to instant message, talk, and conduct video conversations anywhere in the world, completely for free. Fans of Oprah were introduced to the computer program on her show a year ago, and the media mogul uses the service to converse face-to-face with guests, fans, and even bears. On Thursday, May 21st, Skype president Josh Silverman will visit 'Oprah' to discuss the ...

Every day, the folks over at TechDealDigger are letting us know about some of the best gadget deals they can find, so we're going to pass that information on to you. After all, in these tough economic times, every little bit counts. We may not be buying Swarovski-covered iPods any time soon, but everyone needs essentials like a computer. So, take a look at what the online deals site sent us ...

It's legit; Skype is coming to the iPhone on Tuesday, BlackBerry devices in May. While we've seen plenty of Skype-capable apps on the iPhone, the poor, often echo-infected calls should be easily bested by the official Skype App that doesn't need the extra audio transcoding workaround required by the existing crop of unofficial apps. The Skype app works over Wi-Fi only (not over EDGE or 3G data) ...

We're still filing this away in the rumor folder for now, but we'll be honest -- this is totally believable. GigaOM has it on authority that a bona fide Skype for iPhone client will be launched as early as next week, and with CTIA kicking off on April 1st, we'd say the timing is just about ideal. Of course, we've already seen a variety of alternatives for bringing Skype and other VoIP apps to ...

How does it feel, AT&T? According to research company TeleGeophraphy, Skype has put the smack down on AT&T and its peers, and can now claim to be the largest international call provider. Skype boasted 33 billion minutes of use in 2008 and an overall, worldwide traffic increase of 41-percent. A February report showed the online telephony service gaining over 380,000 users a day. Much of ...

We love Skype -- and so does everyone else, apparently. The VoIP company that eBay bought for a staggering $2.6 billion in cash (in addition to eBay stock) is seeing an average growth of about 380,000 new registered users a day. Currently at 405 million worldwide users, with a peak count of 15 million simultaneously active users, Skype seems to have a bright future, despite earlier reports that ...

Great news for anyone who's looking to pinch some pennies -- Skype is partnering with Nokia to get its software on the company's newest phones. The first phone to have the cheapo program will be the N97 smartphone, debuting in June. The phone, and its N-series brethren, will include Skype in its address book to show users when their contacts are online for calls and instant messaging. Using the ...