Skype Translator
Soon, Skype users will be able to conduct voice and video calls supported by a near-real time translation technology. Microsoft’s new idea for its video chat platform surely feels like something straight out of science fiction.
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Deb Frey trying out the MantaroBot Telepresence Robot at CES 2014.
The MantaroBot TeleMe TelePresence Robot is a mobile platform where you can plug in your own Apple iPad, iPhone or Android Tablet. The TeleMe is plugged into Skype or any other audio and video conferencing application and allows a user to remotely interact with co-workers and associates and their environment.
Microsoft rationalized the patent as a way to answer to government requests for surveillance and wiretapping.
Microsoft is seeking a patent for technology that lets it eavesdrop on VoIP calls, weeks after Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion.
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Skype announced a new partner program for its Wi-Fi hotspots service, Skype Access, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Monday.
Using Skype Access, Skype users can pay for Wi-Fi hotspot access using Skype Credit on a pay-as-you-go (per minute) basis, rather than having to pay by day or by hour. Skype introduced this program in January 2009 and has slowly expanded the network over time…
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After having already banned Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the Chinese government has now decided to outlaw Skype, as well. The move, announced in the People’s Daily, means that all Internet phone services will now be considered illegal within the country, except for those offered by two state-operated telecom companies — China Unicom and China Telecom…
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Google Gmail to roll out phone calls from email accounts.
Google has confirmed that Gmail users in the USA and Canada will be allowed to make phone calls direct from their email accounts. The “Calls from Gmail” service will begin to roll out this week, and will allow free calls to American and Canadian numbers “for at least the rest of the year”. Low rates, which could be as low as two cents per minute to Europe, China and Japan, will also be available for international calls.
If the final version of the device has a foldable spine, it will open like a traditional book and close so it can be read in tablet form
The world of ebooks is about to start a new chapter with the arrival of the cheapest digital reader on the market. Asus, one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics businesses, confirmed last week that it is planning to shake up the market in the same way it did when it launched the first netbook — the low-cost alternative to the laptop.
Continue reading… “Asus To Launch Inexpensive Dual Screen eBook”
Apple makes more news when it hiccups about its next-gen iPhone, supposedly coming in late June or early July, than was generated by the entire CTIA cellphone show last week in Las Vegas.
Continue reading… “5 Cellphone Trends Changing The World”
Bearing a funny Japanese name and a UK origin the Minoru is designed to deliver the Internet experience in 3D.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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