Neowin News Feed for: Communications

WhatsApp is introducing view-once voice message to Android and iOS

Ishtiaqe Hanif — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 19:48:02 +0000

WhatsApp is rolling out view-once voice message functionality to its app on Android and iOS. According to a source, this feature is being tested in beta versions of the app on both platforms. Read more...

Personalized communications company, Twilio, is the latest firm to cut employees

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:44:02 +0000

Twilio has become the latest tech company to lay off employees. It's cutting around 866 jobs as it seeks to narrow down its focus. By concentrating its efforts, it hopes that it can be profitable. Read more...

SSTL announces Lunar Pathfinder comms satellite with a launch due in 2022

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:50:01 +0000

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has revealed its Lunar Pathfinder mission which will give lunar missions affordable communications satellite. NASA is one expected user of the Lunar Pathfinder. Read more...

An 80 kg setup is the world's first portable quantum satellite communication station

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:28:02 +0000

China has developed the world's maiden mobile, portable quantum satellite communication station and subsequently used it for performing secure quantum key transfer between two stations. Read more...

Ofcom releases list of most complained about broadband and network providers in the UK

Sharath Ravishankar — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:16:01 +0000

UK communications regulator Ofcom has released a list of the most problematic network providers based on number of complaints per 100,000 customers, as of the first quarter of 2018. Read more...

Watch Microsoft's Devices and Networking Summit live right here

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 13 May 2015 10:24:41 +0000

You can follow along live right here as Microsoft Research's Devices and Networking Summit kicks off. The show will focus on the future of communications, and technology breakthroughs. Read more...

David Cameron wants security services to be able to access all Internet communications

Alec Robertson — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:44:01 +0000

British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that his party will pass a new law allowing all Internet communications to be read by the security services, if he wins the next election. Read more...

Email more popular than social networking in India

Paul Ferson — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:42:06 +0000

Reports suggest that a large number of Indian people continue to use email over social networking, despite the rapid growth of networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Read more...

Apple sued by iCloud Communications

Denis Wong — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:25:49 +0000

Following this Monday's WWDC revelation of iOS 5 and iCloud, it turned out that the iCloud name, which Apple purchased from Xcerion (who renamed their product to CloudMe) towards the end of April, was intended... Read more...

Microsoft announces Communications Server "14"

Tom Warren — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:29:47 +0000

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will be making the next version of its unified communications software, code-named Communications Server "14", available in the second half of 2010. Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s... Read more...

Microsoft shows off Office Communications Server 2007 R2

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:30:13 +0000

Yesterday at the VoiceCon trade show in Amsterdam, before an audience of telecommunication and IT professionals, Microsoft representatives demonstrated the new version of their unified communications package dubbed Office Communications Server 2007 R2, which delivers... Read more...

Communications Failure Grounds Memphis Airspace

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:07:28 +0000

The FAA cleared airline traffic within 250 miles of Memphis and grounded all flights headed to or from the area yesterday after a telecommunications network failed at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Federal Aviation Administration officials told... Read more...

Microsoft Unified Communications Launch

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:41:45 +0000

Join Bill Gates and Jeff Raikes as they kickoff the worldwide Unified Communications Launch 2007 in San Francisco on October 16, 2007. This free, day-long event includes a keynote with demos, a series of... Read more...

PSP Gets More Functionality with Communications & Navigation

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:39:26 +0000

Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated has teamed up with British Telecommunications to release software that turns the Sony PlayStation Portable into a communication device that can make video and voice calls as well as send instant... Read more...

Microsoft plans unified communications as a service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:18:19 +0000

Microsoft is working on a "service in the sky" for unified communications, an executive said Tuesday at the VoiceCon conference in San Francisco. The company's current focus for the fast-growing trend of combining voice, video,... Read more...

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Public Beta

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:38:40 +0000

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, the next evolution of Live Communications Server, delivers streamlined communications for your users so they can find and communicate with the right person, right now, from the applications they use... Read more...

IBM, Cisco launch joint Unified Communications platform

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:22:31 +0000

IBM and Cisco will announce today at the Spring 2007 VoiceCon conference in Orlando, Florida, a joint effort to create an industrywide unified communications and collaboration platform. The expectation is that a single open platform,... Read more...

Romanian hacker disrupts NASA communications

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:51:30 +0000

A Romanian hacker has been charged with running amok on more than 150 US government computers. Victor Faur, 26, of Arad, Romania, allegedly launched attacks that disrupted the systems of NASA, the Energy Department, and... Read more...

Google Talk activates XMPP server-to-server communications

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:20:15 +0000

It appears Google Talk has started federating with other Jabber servers. Gary Burd, a Google software engineer, flipped the switch toconnect the Google Talk Service to the public XMPP network thismorning. Google... Read more...

Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 RTMs

Tom Warren — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:38:35 +0000

Microsoft today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Microsoft(r) Office Live Communications Server 2005. Part of the Microsoft Office System, Live Communications Server 2005. Available for the first time in both Standard... Read more...

Live Communications Server 2005 / WM 5.1 Beta

Neowin Staff — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:54:58 +0000

The Live Communications Team is please to announce that the Release Candidate build of Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Messenger 5.1 client are available for immediate download on Beta Place. ... Read more...

Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 Beta Challenge

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:41:37 +0000

Ever wondered what perks there are to being a Microsoft beta tester? In the latest communication with its beta testers on the Live Communications Server program tests have (like on most beta's) been given the... Read more...

Welcome to Live Communications Server 2005 Beta Program!

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 08:39:08 +0000

We are happy to announce that the beta release of Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005 is now available on Beta Place! Live Communications Server 2005 is a next generation enterprise instant... Read more...

Welcome to Live Communications Server 2005 Beta Program!

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 28 May 2004 08:27:22 +0000

We are happy to announce that you have been approved for the Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005 Beta Program! Live Communications Server 2005 is a next generation enterprise instant messaging and presence... Read more...

Live Communications Server 2003 Update: Daylight Saving Time

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:32:09 +0000

Overview This Live Communications Server 2003 update offers the highest levels of reliability available for Live Communications Server. This update is part of continued effort by Microsoft to provide the latest product updates to... Read more...

Intel Forms Single Communications Group

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 11:40:50 +0000

The chipmaker is combining its communications-related businesses into one organization that will be called the Intel Communications Group. Less than a week after saying it would take a $600 million fourth-quarter impairment charge... Read more...

Dell and Microsoft To Enhance Real-Time Communications

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:10:25 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. -- Dec. 9, 2003 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Dell has implemented Microsoft® Office Live Meeting and MSN® Messenger Connect for Enterprises, enhancing its real-time communications and collaboration capabilities. The ability to... Read more...

Live Communications Server 2003 Update

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:30:09 +0000

Live Communications Server 2003 Update German and Japanese Server Evaluation Versions Evaluation Version to Retail Upgrade document MSN ConnectLive Communications Server 2003 International - We are pleased to announce that... Read more...

SBC Communications Inc. Fights Back Against RIAA

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:04:10 +0000

SBC Communications Inc. fired a shot Wednesday in the acrimonious battle between file-swapping consumers and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In a suit filed with the U.S. District Court in... Read more...

MSN and eBay to Expand Marketing and Communications Alliance

Tom Warren — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:11:29 +0000

New Agreement Will Further Integrate Leading Online Destinations MSN® and eBay today announced plans to expand their relationship and further integrate the consumer services offered by the two companies. The new... Read more...

Microsoft Office Real-Time Communications Server 2003

Tom Warren — Tue, 27 May 2003 13:19:57 +0000

RTC Server Adds Manageable Enterprise Instant Messaging to the Mix Of Microsoft Office System Programs, Servers and Services Due This Summer Microsoft Corp. today announced its Microsoft® Real-Time Communications Server (RTC Server)... Read more...