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Facebook Looks to Add Skype Video
Facebook's "awesome" new product , set to be announced Wednesday, looks like it's going to be Skype video chats that work in your browser, reports TechCrunch . Details are still hazy—will it just work...
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Facebook Adding Video Chat Via Skype
Tech bloggers had this one right: Facebook is indeed adding video calling to the site in a deal with Skype. Mark Zuckerberg confirmed today at a news conference, and the Facebook blog has details,...
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Facebook Brings Video Chat Into Mainstream
Some quick reactions to Facebook's announcement about incorporating video calling from Skype into the site: Andrew Tarantola, Gizmodo : "By integrating video calling directly into the Facebook...
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Skype Buys GroupMe for $50M+
Skype has purchased group text-messaging firm GroupMe in a deal worth somewhere between $50 million and $100 million. The startup will remain independent but will likely play a major role in Skype’s...
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Army Nurse in Afghanistan Dies While Skyping With Wife
An Army nurse in Afghanistan died Monday in the middle of a Skype conversation with his wife, the El Paso Times reports. The cause of Cpt. Bruce Clark's death has not been disclosed by the Army; an...
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No Bullet in Case of Soldier Who Died Skyping Wife
The sad and strange tale of the US Army captain who died while Skyping with his wife gets even more mysterious: Army investigators say they found no bullet wound or any evidence of foul play in Bruce...
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Microsoft Buying Yammer for $1.2B
Microsoft is paying $1.2 billion to buy Yammer, an Internet startup that has built a social network similar to Facebook for the business world. The deal announced today comes nearly two weeks after...
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Skype Makes It Easier for Police to Monitor Your Chats
Skype's "eavesdropping-proof" online messaging and video chats have long been used by those who don't want the authorities knowing what they're up to. But that's beginning to change, as technical...
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NSA Accesses Servers of Internet Firms: Reports
Charges that we live in a surveillance state are about to get much louder. The Guardian and the Washington Post are separately reporting about a previously unknown program known as PRISM that gives the...
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NSA Is Watching Skype, Too
Microsoft has no problem handing over your emails—or even your Skype calls—to the NSA, according to new documents from Edward Snowden, per the Guardian . In fact, the software company is working...
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Teen Kills Himself Over 'Skype Blackmail': Mom
Police are looking into the death of a Scottish teenager who appears to have killed himself after being blackmailed online, the Guardian reports. Daniel Perry, 17, chatted with someone on Skype who he...
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Assad Backers Hack Microsoft Twitter... Again
Ten days ago, Syrian regime supporters the Syrian Electronic Army broke into Microsoft's Skype social media accounts; today, the group tweeted through both the Microsoft News and Xbox Support accounts,...
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Murder Conviction Reversed Thanks to Skype
Technology is great, except when you're trying to get someone convicted for murder and you have your DNA expert testify via Skype, which denies the defendant his Sixth Amendment right to confront...
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Doctors Toss the 'No Screen Time Before Age 2' Rule
Child experts are now acknowledging that electronic devices and online media are here to stay, and probably impossible to keep away from your kids—and new recommendations from the American Academy of...
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No Bullet in Case of Soldier Who Died Skyping Wife
The sad and strange tale of the US Army captain who died while Skyping with his wife gets even more mysterious: Army investigators say they found no bullet wound or any evidence of foul play in Bruce...
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Microsoft Buying Yammer for $1.2B
Microsoft is paying $1.2 billion to buy Yammer, an Internet startup that has built a social network similar to Facebook for the business world. The deal announced today comes nearly two weeks after...
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Skype Makes It Easier for Police to Monitor Your Chats
Skype's "eavesdropping-proof" online messaging and video chats have long been used by those who don't want the authorities knowing what they're up to. But that's beginning to change, as technical...
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NSA Accesses Servers of Internet Firms: Reports
Charges that we live in a surveillance state are about to get much louder. The Guardian and the Washington Post are separately reporting about a previously unknown program known as PRISM that gives the...
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NSA Is Watching Skype, Too
Microsoft has no problem handing over your emails—or even your Skype calls—to the NSA, according to new documents from Edward Snowden, per the Guardian . In fact, the software company is working...
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Teen Kills Himself Over 'Skype Blackmail': Mom
Police are looking into the death of a Scottish teenager who appears to have killed himself after being blackmailed online, the Guardian reports. Daniel Perry, 17, chatted with someone on Skype who he...
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