Hotmail is dead! Long live Hotmail! Outlook.com switch now complete
Microsoft’s Hotmail client has been officially consigned to history, with the company today announcing the transition to Outlook.com has been completed. In a post on the Outlook blog, the company said...
View ArticleInternet companies deny involvement in NSA, FBI data mining program
The National Security Agency is having a hell of a week. Just one day after The Guardian reported the agency has been collecting call logs for millions of Verizon customers, a new report out today says...
View ArticleMicrosoft refutes report that it willingly helped US government spy
Microsoft is denying that it willingly helped U.S. intelligence agencies spy on Outlook.com, Hotmail, Skype, and SkyDrive users as part of the government’s Prism surveillance program. “We do not...
View ArticleMicrosoft calls upon Skype to be bundled with Windows 8.1
Microsoft is expanding its “one experience” vision by announcing today that Skype will be included with its Windows 8.1 operating system update on Oct.18. “Skype will be front-and-center on Windows 8.1...
View ArticleAnalysis: Skype turns 10: how the video star changed communication forever
Happy birthday to Skype. The video-calling service was introduced to the public 10 years ago today, and 127 years after Alexander Graham Bell first patented the telephone. Skype’s impact was huge, not...
View ArticleVideo collaboration service Blue Jeans wraps legs around UK market
California-based company Blue Jeans Network has launched its cloud-based video conferencing solution in the UK. Video Collaboration “Blue Jeans” on an iPad Having already infiltrated the US market, the...
View ArticleSkype: We’ve injected life into Microsoft
These are changing times for Microsoft, as Steve Ballmer prepares to bequeath the CEO seat to an as-yet-unannounced successor. Microsoft hasn’t excelled in all areas in recent years, but Skype believes...
View ArticleSkype pledges not to suck at cross-device messaging and call syncing
Don’t get us wrong, Skype is awesome, but being signed into the Microsoft-owned VoIP and IM client on multiple devices at the same time can be quite frustrating. Outlook Skype You’ll often receive...
View ArticleSay ‘goodbye’ to Lync and ‘hi there’ to Microsoft’s Skype for Business
Microsoft has announced a new “Skype for Business” client that it hopes will entice more enterprise users to its popular communication service. Skype for business Skype for Business combines the...
View ArticleIt’s not just you: Skype is suffering an outage across the world
If you’re trying to Skype your boss or your grandma this lunchtime, it’s likely that you’re going to be running into problems: the platform is down all over the world. About Yesterday It’s a problem...
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