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InternetNews
May 8, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Free Calls From AIM AOL offers free phone numbers and voicemail aimed at instant messaging users.   |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Plugs In Given the highly competitive instant messaging field, it's easy to see why investors might have disregarded Yahoo!'s ability to benefit from IMs. |
InternetNews
April 11, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Skype Buys VoIP Startup Skype beefed up its VoIP talent pool today, acquiring Sonorit Holding and its U.S. subsidiary startup Camino Networks for $27 million in stock. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Answers the Call The Internet giant prepares to launch a VoIP product through its instant-messenger service. Whether this move will bring in additional revenue for Yahoo! and help its messenger service gain more users remains to be seen. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Festoon Plugs Skype Into Google Talk Santa Cruz Networks released Festoon Unity, a free plug-in to let Skype users engage in VoIP and video calls with users of Google Talk. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Yahoo, Microsoft to Link IM Networks Yahoo and Microsoft are linking up their IM networks to allow MSN and Yahoo Messenger users to communicate across the two platforms, creating a global network of more than 275 million strong. |
Entrepreneur
December 2005
Mike Hogan |
Gaga for Google? Google Talk is neither the best VoIP phone service, nor the best IM service. But casual users will find it a convenient blend of both mediums |
InternetNews
December 1, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Skype 2.0 Beta in The Air Free voice-over-Internet provider Skype is joining the pack with a videophone offering to compete with the likes of AOL Instant Messenger and Microsoft's MSN Messenger. |
InternetNews
December 12, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Microsoft, MCI Dial up VoIP Partnership Not to be outdone in the voice over IP features race, Microsoft is giving its instant messaging users the ability to dial into phones from their PC. |
InternetNews
June 21, 2004
Michael Hall |
AOL and Yahoo Sound Enterprise IM Retreat Enterprise IM must be feeling pretty lonely about now. Two of the largest public IM providers are pulling back from offering services for big business. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2006
David Miller |
Yahoo, Siemens Team on VoIP People using Siemens's Gigaset cordless telephones will soon be able to make free phone calls using Yahoo Messenger with Voice, the companies announced Wednesday. |
InternetNews
July 13, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Yahoo, Microsoft IM Beta Joined at The Hip Some 350 million users will be able to communicate from Yahoo Messenger with Voice to Windows Live Messenger. |
InternetNews
May 3, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Audio Blogging With Skype By The Hundreds With a nod to the popularity of podcasts and social-networking, VoIP darling Skype today unveiled Skypecasts, a service allowing up to 100 users to hold real-time moderated calls on topics. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Can You Yahoo! Me Later? The Internet giant is the latest company to get into voice-over-Internet protocol. This is one of those public betas favored by Internet giants like Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft |
PC World
January 22, 2007
Dan Tynan |
Sick of High Phone Bills? I Hear You Voice-over-IP phone services can save you big bucks if you choose carefully. |
InternetNews
August 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Now, You're Google-Talking on IM New Google Talk service combines Instant Messenger and Voice over Internet Protocol. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
IM Convergence Heats Up Instant messaging is quickly becoming a profitable information hub. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2005
Erin Joyce |
AOL Closing in on Video VoIP Launch AOL is about two weeks away from moving its VoIP calling service into wider public use. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Yahoo Shoots Down VoIP Speculation The Internet giant refutes a report that it is planning to roll out a Skype-like service within two weeks. |
InternetNews
May 18, 2005
Tim Gray |
Yahoo Adds Teeth to Messenger Internet portal Yahoo says it will scrap the walkie-talkie style technology used on its PC-to-PC voice communications in favor of a new beta version that boasts a steady connection. |
InternetNews
June 15, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Yahoo Buys Into VoIP Yahoo acquired VoIP provider Dialpad Communications to bolster its computer-to-computer telephony service. |
InternetNews
October 26, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Will Microsoft, Yahoo Find IM Harmony? Technical considerations aren't the only thing Microsoft needs to keep in mind while building its bridge to Yahoo's IM network. |
PC Magazine
December 29, 2005
Davis D. Janowski |
Skype 2.0 beta Get free video calling, a streamlined interface, and more with Skype's new beta. |
InternetNews
September 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
AOL Launches Next-Gen VoIP-IM Service AOL launches new VoIP service that uses its new Triton IM client as a softphone application. |
InternetNews
May 16, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Skype Suspends Calling Charges Skype users making calls to regular phones will be free in the U.S. and Canada for the next year. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo! Calling Yahoo! launches a telephony service to dial up revenues. In the end, this is just more trouble for the traditional phone industry, and even more reason to worry about Vonage's upcoming IPO. |
Search Engine Watch
August 24, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
New Google Talk Offers Instant Messaging & Voice Chat As widely expected, Google waded into the instant messaging space with the debut of Google Talk, an IM client that also offers the ability to make voice calls between computers. |
InternetNews
August 31, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft Acquires VoIP Company Microsoft has acquired San Francisco based Teleo, a developer of VoIP, PSTN termination and click to call functionality. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Yahoo Phones Into Crowded VoIP Space The company breaks into a crowded field, but eyes wider horizons in enterprise adoption. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2005
Shruti Basavaraj |
Aiming for the Top in IMs Yahoo! and Google are finding ways to jazz up the world of instant messaging, boosting ad revenue. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Blows Off Businesses As the old song goes, you've got to know when to walk away, and know when to run. Yahoo! has done just that by discontinuing its efforts to push its Yahoo! Messenger program to the corporate market. |
Entrepreneur
January 2006
Mike Hogan |
Skype's the Limit With better quality and features, Skype takes VoIP for your business calls to a new level. |
InternetNews
October 26, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft's Biz IM Server Goes Gold After nearly six months of beta testing, Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server 2005 is ready for prime time, but full-fledged interoperability with AOL and Yahoo is not yet available. |
InternetNews
September 30, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
MSN Putting Search in IM Beta Hoping to drive users to its new MSN Search service, Microsoft announced it will release a new beta of its messenger client with an embedded search bar. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2004
Craig Ellison |
Skype 1.0 If you've been waiting to try Internet telephony, wait no longer. Skype is worth trying out--especially since it's free. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
IBM Makes AIM Play Nice Big Blue's Sametime corporate IM program brings AIM and rival services together. |
InternetNews
July 15, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft Hooks into AOL, Yahoo for Business IM The enterprise IM market gets a new lease on life. Is full interoperability on the way? |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
No Call Waiting at Microsoft One more tech giant joins the voice-chat bandwagon. Boring or brilliant? |
InternetNews
October 12, 2010 |
New Yahoo Messenger for iPhone Yahoo Messenger 2.0 gives users the ability to make free video and voice calls. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
AIM's Open Arms America Online opens AIM up to more tinkering. Given that AOL's old-school Internet service has been under fire as times have changed, Time Warner investors are likely relieved to see AOL responding to recent trends. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Yeah, Baby! Roll out the double-decker bus. Yahoo! Messenger's coming to England. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Must Die It's great that Microsoft and Yahoo! now offer interoperability between their voice-chat platforms. It's a pretty bold move, even if it's not entirely unexpected. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Yahoo! and eBay Start Smooching Two Internet bellwethers team up in a "best of breed" partnership that explores new advertising avenues. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
April 26, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Yahoo Sounds Voice With AT&T Yahoo and AT&T's VoIP deal increases telephony choices for users and strengthens Yahoo's hand with online advertisers. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
AOL: Talk of the Town AOL's trying to jazz up its chat client -- for good reason. |
InternetNews
June 2, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Skype on Dell Skype, eBay's Internet phone service, has inked a deal with Dell, making the free VoIP software an option on new high-end multimedia laptops. |
InternetNews
June 14, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Ebay Hypes Skype Integration eBay plans to integrate Skype, its $2.6 billion Voice over IP investment, into more than a dozen categories of listings. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: Yahoo! Bear The commitment to compete is here, but not the commitment to win. At a significantly lower price, it might make sense for investors put some money here, but not at these lofty levels. |
InternetNews
August 6, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
MSN Goes Web Messaging The software giant's Internet unit takes its instant messaging service to the Web and throws a blog a bone. |
InternetNews
January 9, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Skype 2.0 Free of Beta Tag Skype 2.0 is out of beta and now enabling users to put a new face on their VoIP calls. |
