According to a new report, the next version of Windows 10, codenamed 19H1, could come with a new system app that's made to mirror calls, similar to Your Phone, but for phone calls.
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Amazon's Alexa app for iOS has received a new update that bring call and message blocking functionality. Last month, Amazon introduced calling to the Echo but it didn't include a blocking feature.
Google is updating Nexus and Android One devices with a new spam caller detection feature, which marks potential telemarketers and spammers and allows users to block and report these numbers.
Skype Modern for Windows is being killed off, and Microsoft has now clarified how it will be replaced in Windows 10 with integration in three Universal apps, alongside the Skype desktop app.
It appears last month's global outage did little to slow the growth of communications service Skype, with the service having hit a record 27 million simultaneous users yesterday. Gigaom spotted a tweet from Skype's official account...
Skype experienced a significant outage last week when many of their supernodes failed. Today the company has provided a post-mortem of the issue on their blog. In a nutshell, Skype introduced hundreds of "mega-supernodes" to...
Over the last day or so, Skype users may have noticed the service has become inaccessible. Skype admitted there was a worldwide outage that affected every free user, subscriber and pay-as-you-go customer. Developers over at Skype...
In spirit of the holiday season, Google is feeling mighty generous to all of its Gmail users. Google announced this morning that it will extend free calling to all of the United States and Canada,...
Skype on Monday launched an aggressive $9.95-a-month international calling plan for U.S. customers that includes landlines and some cell phone calls to 34 countries. The action by the eBay unit comes just days after eBay's...
Today, Apple released It's official "Unlimited" calling plan for the Apple iPhone. The plan starts at $119.99/monthly and comes with: Unlimited Voice Calling Unlimited email and web surfing Visual Voicemail 200 Text Messages...
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to offer the first pre-paid cards for Skype VoIP calls along with a line of Skype certified headsets, webcams, and handsets that it will sell in the Internet and...
Next week, David Jaffe will push out Calling All Cars, the first of apparently several games he's developing exclusively for the PlayStation Network. Delays have bumped the game's release back several months, but yesterday Jaffe...
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, the upcoming Source Engine based entry in the Might and Magic franchise is now calling upon the legions of crazed fans worldwide to partake in the beta test for...
321 Studios has complied with a Friday deadline and are now offering their software online without a descrambling tool. A California judge ruled on February 20 that the DVD X Copy software was in violation...
A version of Skype software for PDAs (personal digital assistants) is expected in the next few months, founder Niklas Zennstrom said in a recent interview. Currently, the software is available only for personal computers. Skype's...
Activision competition will dole out prizes to the top fan-created levels for its best-selling WWII shooter. Today, Activision kicked off its Call of Duty Mapmaker Competition, which will award the best fan-made...
Internet phone services got a big boost yesterday as federal regulators declared that one company offering a free version is not subject to traditional phone rules. The burgeoning Internet phone industry, which promises...
Lindows.com on Tuesday released a new version of its operating system meshed with Internet telephony technology created by company CEO Michael Robertson. LindowsOS 4.5 comes with Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, technology that allows PC...
Microsoft has joined with AT&T Wireless in a deal that could open new channels for its .Net services and extend the Windows operating system into new markets. As expected, the software giant...
Bell Labs researchers say they've jumped a significant hurdle in the continuing development of mobile phone technology: allowing a caller to use the same phone anywhere in the world. So-called global roaming is virtually impossible...
