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Rights groups ask US spy court for justification of Verizon order
Civil rights groups have asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for the legal justification of the U.S. government's...
Skype extends coverage of Manager administration tool
Skype's Web-based management tool Manager for businesses is now available in over 170 countries and for all subscriptions, allowing companies to...
Microsoft links Skype voice, video calling to Outlook.com
Microsoft is rolling Skype in with its free Outlook.com email service, giving customers the ability to fire up VoIP calls directly from their mail...
Microsoft previews Skype for Outlook.com
Microsoft is rolling out a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com, allowing users to make calls and send instant messages from within the webmail...
Google simplifies integration of SMS and voice with App Engine
Google is hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate SMS or voice communications in applications running on the company's App Engine...
FTC's robocall-blocking contest yields tech winners
Two people will share a US$50,000 prize from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for the best idea to block illegal robocalls from reaching the owners...
Cisco outlines how new technologies will transform video collaboration
There are three technologies that will fundamentally change the nature of video over the next few years, and these are having a significant impact on...
This company ditched its landlines and iPhones in favor of iPad Minis
Jim Pond is a techie and an Apple lover. He always needs the newest Apple product at his small suburban Boston creative agency, whether it's the...
Orange Business Services Adds New Lync 2013 Features, Mobile Video App
Orange Business Services has had two announcements in recent weeks that are noteworthy: the company has deployed new unified communications and voice...
Catching up with IntelePeer
We spoke recently with IntelePeer to check in on their progress over the last six months, and they have been quite busy with numerous partnerships...
New smartphone OSes, network technologies vie for attention in Barcelona
ZTE smartphones based on Firefox OS along with Nokia's new Windows Phone-based devices will share the spotlight at this year's Mobile World Congress...
Skype launches limited video messaging trial
Skype soft-launched a video messaging service on Friday that allows its subscribers to deliver recorded clips to Skype contacts for playback when...
Carrier hands off LTE voice call to 3G, looking toward future need
Mobile engineers have successfully demonstrated the handoff of a voice call from LTE to 3G, a capability that may prove critical in carriers'...
Groups raise questions about privacy on Skype
Skype owner Microsoft should release information about how much user data it gives to third parties, including government agencies, several...
Cisco working to fix broken patch for VoIP phones
Cisco Systems plans to release a new patch for a vulnerability in its VoIP phones after the first patch did not fix the problem, which could allow an...
Invoxia expands desk-phone mobile docks to enterprise
Mobile phones can become office VoIP phones with the Invoxia 610, a device that Invoxia will be demonstrating at the International CES this week.
When it comes to VoIP and unified communications, are you sacrificing security for cost savings?
If you were to ask most IT professionals to connect CRM or ERP applications to an external IP network without some form of network security, they...
ARM's big.LITTLE processors and 1080p screens await smartphone buyers in 2013
Smartphone vendors will rely on upgrades such as full-HD screens and more powerful yet more frugal processors to entice customers to buy new phones...
Syrians turn to satellites as the country's Internet connection remains down
Syrians are turning to satellites to communicate as the country's Internet connections are shut down, but instances of jamming are making even...
Experts call for deregulation at the FCC
Lawmakers should downsize the U.S. Federal Communications Commission by taking away its power to review mergers in the telecom industry and most of...