Neowin News Feed for: Calling

Windows 10 19H1 might come with an app for mirroring calls

Rich Woods — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:52:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Amazon updates iOS Alexa app to block calls and messages from contacts

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:52:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Google is busting suspected spam callers with a new spam detection feature

Jett Goldsmith — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:56:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Windows 10: Microsoft shares more on the new Skype Universal app experience

Andy Weir — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:58:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Skype hits new record for active users

Matthew Jones — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:01:07 +0000

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... Read more...

Skype offers users $1 for lost service, explains cause of outage

Christopher White — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:03:37 +0000

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... Read more...

Skype service is now stabilized; supernodes to blame

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:29:49 +0000

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... Read more...

Google extends free Gmail calling through 2011

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:57:48 +0000

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,... Read more...

Skype Launches Low-Cost Global Calling Plans

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:06:12 +0000

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... Read more...

iPhone gets It's own "Unlimited" Calling Plan.

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:46:27 +0000

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... Read more...

Skype offers Pre-Paid Calling Cards at Wal-Mart

Mon, 14 May 2007 19:10:17 +0000

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... Read more...

Calling All Cars! ready to roll to PlayStation Network

Todd Tanner — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:19:35 +0000

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... Read more...

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic calling for Beta Testers

Todd Tanner — Thu, 25 May 2006 14:33:19 +0000

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... Read more...

321 Studios is calling for fair use with '5 days of protest'

Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:13:46 +0000

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... Read more...

Free Net calling goes beyond the PC

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:20:04 +0000

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... Read more...

Call of Duty calling on mapmakers

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:48:11 +0000

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... Read more...

A Win for Internet Calling

Sun, 15 Feb 2004 08:38:14 +0000

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... Read more...

Lindows bundles OS with free calling

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:09:48 +0000

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... Read more...

Hi - it's America calling

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:47:07 +0000

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... Read more...

Lucent calling the COPS

Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:33:58 +0000

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... Read more...