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Estonian Air launches Skype video chat check-in
Deutsche Welle
From Skype's homeland, Estonia's national airline becomes the first to
trial online video check-in. In a DW interview, an Estonian Air official
says this provides another way to make check-in easier. Estonian Air
announced its new trial of allowing ...
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Easier access to the Web
Chicago Tribune
You pay the charges using money in your Skype account. How it works: Say
you want to surf the Web in an airport, but your 3G or 4G connection is
insufferably slow. You try to connect to a Wi-Fi network in the airport,
but your phone finds only networks ...
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New Facebook Messenger for iOS likely to support video calls
Moneycontrol.com
Last year, Facebook and Skype were exploring the possibility of a
partnership and this year, Facebook-to-Facebook video calling within Skype
was made accessible to some users. The most recent report by iPhoneItalia
now claims that the new version of ...
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Soldier meets his son for the first time after watching his birth via Skype
Fremont Tribune
Gwynn first saw his son while watching the birth at Fremont Area Medical
Center via Skype. (Courtesy Comanche Family Readiness Group) It should be a
fun Christmas for Maxsyn Gwynn's family. Maxsyn was born in October at
Fremont Area Medical Center ...
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Start-up Scene Shifting to Germany
Sacramento Bee
This trend is not slowing anytime soon, proven by the recent multimillion
dollar investment by Skype's founder in Berlin start-up 6Wunderkinder. And
with a national culture of innovation that spans app developers to the auto
industry, innovative IT ...
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Paula Deen Skypes in to promote new restaurant at Joliet casino
TribLocal
By Mary Owen TribLocal reporter Yesterday at 2:05 pm Paula Deen, appearing
via Skype, talks to Darren Van Dover, Harrah's Joliet Casino senior vice
president and general manager. (Mary Owen/Tribune) Steven Farrahi, Harrah's
restaurant manager, right, ...
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A Thermostat That Learns
KTXL
Rogers spoke with FOX40 via Skype from China where he is showing the
product. "We saw this as a huge opportunity to bring everything we learned
building the iPod and the iPhone to this space," he said regarding the
sleek design and functions of Nest, ...
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ChatTime mobile app offers low-cost long-distance calling
Network World
Our observations: As we noted in the original report on AT&T's mobile app,
several carriers offer a way to reduce international calling rates using
VoIP/IP in tandem with a mobile phone including Verizon (in a partnership
with Skype announced here more ...
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Middleboro elementary school students, veterans box up care packages
Enterprise News
His family talks about twice a week on Skype, but Christian said, "When I
talk to him it makes me feel lonelier knowing he's' away. I actually want
to feel him, to hug onto him." As he dropped candy into the boxes,
Christian said, "These soldiers are ...
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