Archive for March, 2011

Motorola teams up with Polycom for Xoom video telepresence app

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Editor’s Note:  It is rumored that an iPhone and general Android video client will be released as well.  This is a great move on Polycom’s part to make you able to connect tablets and smart phones to corporate video conferencing systems.  Motorola has teamed up with the unified communications (UC) company Polycom to deliver telepresence [...]

Qik Free available in the US iTunes store

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Qik for iOS is now out in free and $2.99 versions. The three bucks buys you video editing, real-time effects, ?HD quality? video, file sync to your camera roll. Both let you point and shoot live video, streaming to friends or the web, and live video calling. Jim Courtney and I tested Qik Video [...]
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The AT&Terminator: Rise of Ma Bell

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

To hear tell from AT&T, the company’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA is a boon for Americans and their country. Sure, it removes an innovative, low-cost carrier from the wireless market and leaves America with essentially three big wireless-telecoms. Sure, it raises the prospect of higher rates and fewer choices for consumers. But [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 announced, pricing released (WiFi-only versions)

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

 Samsung announced two new models in their Galaxy Tab line, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9. The Tab 10.1 has been redesigned since we saw it at MWC and both tablets can now boast that they are the world’s thinnest tablets at 8.6 mm.
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Steam’s gaming platform adopts Skype voice technology ‘SILK’

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Valve has significantly improved the Steam digital distribution and game client the past few years, though a weakness has been its somewhat lacking voice chat technology. Today that’s better, too, as a new client patch updates the game with the "SILK" audio codec, the same stuff Skype — the ever-popular VoIP service — uses.
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Octasic?s Vocallo MGW Multi-Core Processor Selected For OpenVox? DE430P solution

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Octasic OpenVox http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
MONTREAL, Canada and SHENZHEN, China ? March 22, 2011 — Octasic Inc., a leading innovator of media processing and wireless solutions, today announced that its Vocallo MGW multi-core processor has been chosen by OpenVox Communication Co. Ltd, a leading global provider of unified communications equipment and open source [...]

Switching To Gmail As Easy As Walking Away!

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
We all know the benefits of using GMail (We have switched to GMail and other Google services like Google Docs for our work at DiorDna Group now.) and switching from other email providers are becoming much easier.
Almost two years ago, GMail told us how to switch from other providers like AOL or Hotmail. With all [...]

Steam gets Skype?s SILK for higher quality in-game voice chat

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Valve?s Steam MMO RPG game delivery system (rent, don?t buy; play without downloads; one identity across games; common APIs) will use the SILK codec. This will build SILK?s wideband audio quality into the Steam player, although games may exploit it.  The announcement: Steam’s voice chat system now leverages the SILK audio codec, developed [...]
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A Sprint In Your Google Voice, Or Vise Versa.

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

A Sprint In Your Google Voice, Or Vise Versa. http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Yesterday we wrote about Google Nexus S 4G on Sprint with integrated Google Voice. I was so excited about the Nexus S 4G, I almost did not pay attention to the Google Voice part of it. By reading a Post on Googleblog (Cross-posted from the Google [...]

Burma bans Skype, Gtalk and other VoIP to protect monopoly prices

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Irrawaddy reports Burma?s Myanmar Posts and Telecommunication (MPT) ordered a stop to competitive over-the-top services. From the order: ?The increasing use of the VoIP overseas calls via the Internet services such as Skype, G [Google] Talk, Pfingo, VZO, etc. given by PACs [Public Access Centers] and cyber cafés have caused official overseas calls through [...]
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