November 23, 2011
Seems like Microsoft has signed a nondisclosure agreement with Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the matter. Which makes Microsoft officially a potential bidder for Yahoo. Why purchase Yahoo? Seems to be that Microsoft is interested in keeping the relationship between the two as far as Bing is concerned. Another factor that is being […]
Tags: acquisition, Bing, Microsoft, NDA, Skype, Yahoo!News
November 21, 2011
IM+ has been updated once again, this time it hits version 1.9 as it adds Mail.Ru and a few more features to its growing list. New to IM+ through Version 1.9 Mail.Ru Agent instant messaging service Option to select font size in conversation window Support for Facebook contacts in ICQ and AIM contact lists Typing […]
Tags: Aim, Facebook, Free Apps, gtalk, ICQ, IM, IMplus, instant messaging, Instant Messenger, Jabber, Mail.Ru, Mango, MSN, Myspace, Skype, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7, Yahoo!Apps
October 24, 2011
IM+ has been updated to version 1.8. The update brings us a Mango flavored instant messaging client that includes fast app switching. The ‘Fast app switching’ though isn’t as fast as I would like since I still see the resume text while loading. It is still though a bit faster as it reconnects in just a […]
Tags: Aim, Facebook, Free Apps, gtalk, ICQ, IM, IMplus, instant messaging, Instant Messenger, Jabber, Mango, MSN, Myspace, Skype, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7, Yahoo!Apps
October 21, 2011
There should be no doubt on anyone’s mind if Skype will be coming to Windows Phone. Especially now that Skype is now a division within Microsoft and most new Windows Phone 7.5 devices have had a front facing camera on board. The only question is when is the Skype integration coming to Windows Phone. Well. […]
Tags: Front Facing Camera, Microsoft, Skype, Video Chat, Windows Phone, WP7Apps
October 12, 2011
Yanko Andreev, A freelance graphic designer has created a great looking concept app for Skype. After Microsoft’s deal went through, all attention has been concentrated on Skype landing on Windows Phone. I just love this design and I hope Microsoft takes a close look at what could be done with Skype on Windows Phone. […]
Tags: Concept App, Concept Art, Skype, Windows Phone, YankoApps, Featured, News
September 2, 2011
Winrumors got their hands on the HTC Radar and gave us a look at how toggling between cameras on Windows Phone works. Simply hitting the camera icon while in picture/video mode switches it from back to front to back again. It is a short video but it’s very exciting to see front facing cameras coming […]
Tags: Front Facing Camera, HTC Radar, Mango, Skype, Windows PhoneNews, Phones
August 25, 2011
As if we hadn’t known all along, Microsoft has finally officially confirmed that the Mango update will also bring front facaing cameras to Windows Phone. The announcement was made at Microsoft’s Tech Ed event in New Zealand. Another obvious announcement that they made was that Skype would be soon making its’ way to Windows Phone and that Mango […]
Tags: Mango, Microsoft, Skype, Tech-ed, Windows Phone, windows phone 7.5, WP7News
August 22, 2011
Skype will be acquiring the year old messaging service “Group Me”. The details of the deal have not been disclosed yet and no word for how much Slype will be purchasing the company for. For those of who who don’t really know what Group Me is: GroupMe is a group messaging and conference calling service that […]
Tags: Group Me, group messaging, Microsoft, Skype, Windows PhoneNews
August 15, 2011
IM+ Will be updated soon to version 1.4. The update will bring plenty of new features like: Significantly improved contact list scrolling and overall application performance Push-to-Email option allows incoming messages to be forwarded to your email Autoreply feature will instantly notify your contacts that your are in Push mode ICQ / AIM / AOL […]
Tags: Aim, Facebook, Free Apps, gtalk, ICQ, IM, IMplus, instant messaging, Instant Messenger, Jabber, MSN, Myspace, Skype, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7, Yahoo!Apps, News
August 3, 2011
If there was ever any doubt that Skype would be integrated into Windows Phone, those doubts should all be gone. A job posting was discovered on Skype Careers and apparently Skype is on the search for someone to help bring Skype to Windows Phone. As an Engineer in the Microsoft Platforms team, you are responsible for […]
Tags: Front Facing Camera, Microsoft, Skype, Video, video conference, Windows Phone, WP7News