Archive for July, 2011

How To Remove Skype Mobile From Android (Verizon HTC Droid)

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Uninstall Skype Mobile VZW_Skype.apk From Android http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
If you got an Android phone with Skype Mobile preinstalled, you may have found it is hard to remove. In fact all the information I have seen are pointing you to root my Android sites.
Various reports points to that on phones like HTC Droid Incredible on [...]

Open questions about the Skypebook video calling

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Love the announcement about Facebook video chat powered by Skype. Lots of questions not answered. Here are a few. I?ll update with answers as they come in.  Video calling API from Facebook? Video calling on the mobile Facebook app? Video calling on mobile browsers? Desktop browser compatibility? Is the video p2p or does [...]
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Group Chat, New Design, Video Chat (Skype) Makes Facebook Awesome! Mark Says

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Awesome, Facebook, Group Chat, New Design, Video Chat,Skype http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Mark Zuckerberg says that three things announced today will make the Social Infrastructure that he built solid, and will pave the way forward for years to come.
The tree things announced today, Group Chat, New Design, Video Chat (Skype) are not new nor awesome. But all of them [...]

Facebook video calling powered by Skype

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Watch live streaming video from facebookannouncements at livestream.com Skype will power fb’s video chat.
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Google+ and the freedom to switch

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Your product may have it made but people are fickle. Earning their love is the daily work. See you at Facebook?s Amazing Press Conference. art: XKCD.
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XConnect?s VIE directory connects video calling islands

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

I spoke with XConnect VP John Wilkinson this morning about their VIE product. VIE?s plumbing connects video calling services to each other. VIE (pronounced vee, the French way), the Video Interconnection Exchange. VIE?s offers three interop services. Registry lookup, signaling, and transport. VIE?s registry is a database of endpoints, each representing [...]
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When will Skype?s Users Stop Being Skype?s Customers?

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

?If you are not paying for it,     you’re not the customer;       you’re the product          being sold.? posted on Metafilter?s ?User-driven discontent? thread by blue_beetle at 1:41 PM on August 26, 2010 Facebook?s customers are its advertisers, making Facebook?s users the product sold to advertisers. This creates a tension between [...]
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Facebook “Awesome” Is It Facebook Skype?

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Facebook Skype Googleplus http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Looks pretty awesome the anticipation of the crowd waiting to hear the real thing behind the Facebook Awesome and everyone seem to think it is some thing to do with Facebook on screen communication / messaging developed with Skype, which was acquired by Microsoft recently.
May be it is a jab at Google+, [...]

Download: Skype for Mac 5.2

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Download Skype for Mac 5.2.0.1523. You can now be in group video calls and pay for a Skype Premium subscription, just like the Windows users. From Skype?s blog post and change log: Major changes in this update compared to previous release are: Improved Multi-tasking Group Screen Sharing (requires Premium subscription) Sidebar [...]
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Verizon’s New Profit Center, Data Plans? Verizon Confirms New Data Plans.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Verizon Data Plans http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Verizon has confirmed the pricing changes to their data plans as of July 7th. New data plans will ditch unlimited plans and offer users with four tiers;
$10 for 75 MB per month,
$30 for 2 GB,
$50 for 5 GB
$80 for 10 GB.
There will be an overage charge of $10 per GB of data
(In [...]