Microsoft Targets Oz Market With New Cloud Service Range
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September 24, 2020
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SYDNEY/REDMOND: Microsoft is cementing its push into Australia, expanding the reach of its Azure cloud services, which now include a new set... Read More
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Microsoft informed users it will be shutting off ‘Windows Live Messenger,’ its instant messaging service from March 15, with the exception of... Read More
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The King Edward VII Hospital in London has treated British Royalty in the past, so one would expect a reasonable degree of... Read More
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Skype announced the launch of Skype Prepaid Cards in Australia and New Zealand, for low rates on global calls and Skype Premium... Read More
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The one month free offer has been introduced in an effort to lift awareness among the thousands of people who every day... Read More
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Microsoft is to dump its instant ‘Windows Live Messenger’ system in favour of Skype IM messenger, it confirmed on a blog yesterday.... Read More
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Click to enlarge Skypers found Instant Messages (IM) they were sending were going to the wrong recipients, many of whom were not... Read More
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Just when we thought Skype was too good to be true (and it probably is), its owners Microsoft have got fed up... Read More
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Airtime, launched this week, is a live video calls site, set to rival other VOIP services like Skype and will “create this... Read More
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Click to enlarge “Billions.” That how many users the now Microsoft-owned Skype hopes to have chatting on its free VOIP network in... Read More
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The IT giant has appealed to the European regulators decision to approve the $8.5bn Microsoft/Skype merger to the General Court of the... Read More
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Click to enlarge The ‘energy saving’ device promises to save 40 percent on bills. 8000 of the devices are already believed to... Read More
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TPG’s hopes its cheap data plans will attract budding mobile broadband customers to its range of internet dongles and tablets. They plans range from... Read More
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Click to enlarge The Skype 2.1 for Android app with video, announced recently, has reached out to another whopping 17 handsets: including... Read More
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Click to enlarge “We’ve temporarily removed Skype for iPad which went live prematurely today,” it tweeted six hours ago. This was in... Read More
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And with a reported 750 million users, it can hardly be blamed for thinking better fortunes are ahead with its new integration... Read More
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Continuum was formed through a merger between wholesale provider buroserv and VoIP provider, ISPhone, just announced today. It boasts a broad reach... Read More
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Point Topic, a UK based firm which provides information on broadband communications services worldwide, says Voice over IP has over 120 million... Read More
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Click to enlarge The chat room site, which has a stream of famous backers including Ashton Kutcher and Sean Combs aka P... Read More
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The computer software giant is very likely to extend VoIP expert Skype’s calls and videoconferencing capabilities to desktops PC’s, complementing its... Read More
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Click to enlarge Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, and Skype’s Tony Bates, shake on it. The deal, just announced, which has shocked analysts... Read More
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The group said it had concerns about the free communication service’s overall level of security having reviewed its technology and policies. It... Read More
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In an exclusive inte Click to enlarge rview with channelnews.com.au this morning, Peter Chai, the Asia Pacific Vice President and General... Read More
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Click to enlarge Across a wide range of businesses and universities, Asterisk is being embraced as a viable open source PBX... Read More
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