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18 hrs ago | South Wales Argus

the Couch Potato: TV doc's embarrassing lack of medical advice

DOWN at "Britain's only out-of- hours TV surgery", Kevin, from Grimsby, appears on the giant Skype screen, clears his throat and issues a cry for medical help.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Salon

My text blew up in my face

To try and make a long story short, I met a girl 10 months ago during my last day studying abroad in London.

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Freshnews

Mobile Video Collaboration Riding the Back of BYOD

NEWTON, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile video collaboration solutions are beginning to show signs of wider acceptance in the enterprises, largely thanks to sanctioned BYOD policies which have allowed highly capable mobile devices to expand across workforces, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics: " Enterprise Mobile Video ... (more)

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Related Topix: Newton, MA, Emerging Technology, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi

Wed May 22, 2013

ITworld

Think your Skype messages are secure? Nope, microsoft is reading Skype messages

Most people probably think their Skype communications are safe from prying eyes and ears.

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Related Topix: Ars Technica, Tellme

Tue May 21, 2013

Business Journal

Honolulu's Giuseppe Leone launching Mobile Mediation

Honolulu mediator Giuseppe Leone , who recently ran the successful Virtual Mediation Lab, is at it again with the launch of another project called Mobile Mediation.

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Related Topix: Honolulu, HI, Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

Mon May 20, 2013

Ars Technica

"Pre-loaded video chat apps" will all work on AT&T's network by year's end

When Google unveiled its new Hangouts service at Google I/O last week, AT&T users quickly discovered that they couldn't use its new video chat feature over cellular .

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Related Topix: AT&T, Google, Startups, Android

Leon Kilat

With Hangouts, Google muscles into messaging sector

Mobile messaging is a fragmented sector . Every few months or so, a messaging app for the phone launches.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Duct Tape Marketing

Mobile Copywriting Tips and Four Apps to Assist

With 79 percent of Americans working remotely at least part of the time, it seems the days of copywriters chained to cubicles are far behind us.

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Related Topix: Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

Warrnambool Standard

Starting over with courage, uncertainty and hope

Helouise and Lodewyk Van Der Merwe, originally from South Africa, make their citizenship pledge with daughter Anine, 5. They were among 15 people who officially became Australians.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Light Reading

MW13: Skype Waits for Operators to Woo It

Management World 2013 -- Skype wants to work with the telecom industry. It really does.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, VoIP, Science / Technology

The Washington Post

BlackBerry Unveils Q5 Model, Sees Company on - Solid Ground'

BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins, speaking at the company's annual conference in Orlando, Florida, unveiled a new model and said his turnaround plan for the long-struggling smartphone maker is working.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone, Business News

SlashGear.com

Nokia Lumia 925 official: 8.7MP PureView in a metal frame

Nokia has officially revealed the Lumia 925 , the company's new flagship Windows Phone 8 handset, and the latest to bear PureView branding with the promise of "the best low light images" of any smartphone on the market.

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Mon May 13, 2013

CNet News

Peter Thiel leads $6M funding round for TransferWise

TransferWise, a London-based peer-to-peer currency exchange, announced Monday that it has closed a $6 million Series A funding round led by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Startups, Facebook, Seedcamp, Science / Technology

Newsday

Learning online at the feet of India's gurus

Musical interlude: For devotees of traditional Indian music and dance, there could be a cheaper way of learning from the experts than forking out for a plane ticket The guru or master and his disciple had launched into a duet - drumming - rather pounding - vigorously in complete harmony on a clay pot.

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Related Topix: India, World News

Nemertes

The Changing MCU

MCUs, for many years, have been the bane of the video conferencing industry; expensive, complicated to manage, but necessary for anyone who wanted to deliver multi-party video conferencing either within or across company boundaries.

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Related Topix: Enterprise Mobile

IT Business

Four low cost ways to make calls on your cell phone March 13th, 2009

If, however, you make a lot of international calls, a mobile VoIP service can save you big bucks.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, VoIP, Science / Technology, Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, truphone

VoIP Watch

Watch Toll Free Numbers Change due to Skype/Lync and WebRTC.

If you remember ever asking "do you have a toll free number " or if you have ever dialed one, you always were thinking how calling that number saved you money, and maybe realized that the cost was being paid for by the receiving party.

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Related Topix: uber

Sun May 12, 2013

USA Today

Glamorous or grueling? Jet-setting can be both

Get Middle Market insights on implementing effective leadership practices, creating operational efficiencies and building your acquisition strategy in our Insights and Trends section at gecapital.com Breaking Through: Samantha DiGennaro, founder and CEO of DiGennaro Communications, gives travel tips to help executives make business travel more ... (more)

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Related Topix: Skype, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Social Software, USA Today, Publishing, Media

Sat May 11, 2013

ContactMusic.com

Actress Joanna Vanderham Faced Fear Of Puppets On New Movie

British Tv star Joanna Vanderham suffered panic attacks on the set of her new movie What Maisie Knew - because she's terrified of puppets.

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Related Topix: What Maisie Knew

NME

The Rolling Stones handpick US high school choir to perform with them in Las Vegas

The Rolling Stones have asked a US high school choir to perform with them at their gig in Las Vegas tonight .

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Related Topix: Mick Jagger, Pop/Rock, The Rolling Stones, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Skype, iPad App, iPhone App, iPod touch App, iPhone and iPad App

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