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Anatomy (and Meaning) of the "Did You Know?" Video Series (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Slidepoll, Wikipedia, Education, New Technology, Twitter, Jav on Tech, The Economist, Sony BMG, Youtube, Skype, Facebook, Technology, Text Messaging, Technology News
Jose Antonio Vargas

The onslaught of new technologies -- cell phones, video games, social networking sites, the Wikipediazation of information, the reach of YouTube and Skype, you name it -- have ushered a seismic shift in education: how our kids learn, how our teachers teach, how curriculum is shaped and presented, how individual students, powered by technology, process and experience what they're learning.

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Why It May Make Sense To Buy Skype Back

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 11.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Voice, Mark-Zuckerburg, Skype, Facebook, Microsoft, Grand Central, Technology News
Martin Varsavsky

Considering that Skype is under attack from Facebook, the largest telcos and Google, how can it be good business to buy Skype? The key is whether it will be worth more than what investors paid for it.

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Skype Lawsuit Settled: Founders, eBay Resolve Dispute, "All Is Forgiven"

AllThingsD | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Ebay, Skype Founders Settle, Joltid Skype, Skype Suit, Skype Ebay, Joltid, Skype Suit Settled, Skype, Ebay Skype Suit, Niklas Zennstrom, Janus Friis, Skype Lawsuit, Technology News

Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds this morning, after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-f...

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Windows 7 Not so Great as Advertised and Has Compatibility Issues: Is Microsoft in Collusion With Manufacturers Like HP?

Michael Russnow | Posted 11.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Word Ace, Microsoft, Windows 7, Hewlett-Packard, Transparent Language, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Xp, Bill Gates, Creative Cam, MS Word, Best Buy, Geek Squad, Dell, Michael Russnow, True Fonts, Laser Jet, Hp, Altec, Inspiron, Panasonic, Dell Computers, Aol, Mozilla Firefox, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Mozilla, Msnbc, Computers, Total Security, Abc, Twitter, Nbc, Skype, Facebook, Cnn, Internet Explorer, Youtube, Fox News, Technology News
Michael Russnow

There ought to be a law preventing the computer hardware and software industry from shortchanging consumers, so that we get the full use of our equipment.

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The Evolution of Technology

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Philosophy, Myspace, Sociology, Email, Twitter, Facsimile, Psychology, Skype, Smoke Signals, Facebook, Morse Code, Telegraph, Text Messaging, Telephone, Neuroscience, Web, Data, Mobile Phone, Evolution, Technology, Gui, Technology News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Have you ever thought about how far we've come in our ability to connect with others and how far we'll go? I've been thinking a lot about connectivity recently and have always found that looking back to where we came from can help us better understand where we are today and, more importantly, where we may be going in the future.

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The Skypesitting Discovery

Juliet Linley | Posted 10.26.2009 | Technology

Read More: Baby Sitting, Parenting, Skype, Time Management, Kids, Babysitting, Skype Sitting, Parents, Technology News
Juliet Linley

I bet you'd already discovered it. Well, I only got there now: using Skype as a babysitter. Or rather, using the grandparents - who live outside of It...

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I Hate the Phone

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Technology

Read More: Telephones, Cell Phones, Telephone, Instant Messaging, Landlines, Obsolete Technology, Skype, Answering-Machine-Obsolete, Technology News
Anna Jane Grossman

Of course, I've used the phone many times in my life. There were times I even liked it.

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Remember Privacy?

Tamar Abrams | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Entertainment Tonight, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter, Kathy Griffin, David Letterman Extortion, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate, Skype, Facebook, Technology, Privacy, David Letterman, Media News
Tamar Abrams

It's one thing to voluntarily relinquish all pretense to one's one privacy, but totally different to spill the most intimate details of the lives of others, particularly if they aren't around to defend themselves.

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Irresistible Glam

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Gordon Gekko, Cadbury Plc, Skype, Disney, Kraft Foods Inc., Ebay, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Marvel, M&A, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Our obsession with deal leaks and scoops subsided along with the boom that fueled it, resulting in a column that trained its occasionally gimlet eye on everything from basic business reporting to Analystgate.

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The End of Intimacy in an Instant World

Zondra Hughes | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Sex, Cell Phones, Twitter, Kindle, Email, Text, Skype, Technology, Poetry, Living News
Zondra Hughes

I really miss asking you about your day. And hearing how you planned to make our world just a little brighter. The Twitter updates just doesn't seem the same to me.

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TwitNotes from #PDF09

Eric Kuhn | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Morley Winograd, Gen X, Mccain, Bloggers, Rnc, President Obama, Joe Rospars, pdf09, Obama, Washington Post, Frank Rich, Facebook, Mike Gravel, Iava, Mark McKinnon, Ana Marie Cox, Pdf, Obama 2008, David All, Jeff Jarvis, Skype, McCain 2008, Myspace, Craig Newmark, Twitter, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Macon Phillips, Alec Ross, Barack Obama, Personal Democracy Forum, New York City, Paul Rieckhoff, Gina Bianchini, Randi Zuckerberg, Andrew Rasiej, Simon Rosenberg, Ning, Youtube, Mellennials, Rachel Sklar, 311, Danah Boyd, Media News
Eric Kuhn

Over 1,000 people descended upon the annual Personal Democracy Forum earlier this week. Here are some of my notes -- taken on Twitter, of course -- from the two day conference.

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EBay plans IPO for Skype, citing limited synergies by AP: Yahoo! Tech

tech.yahoo.com | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Ebay Skype, Skype, IPO Skype, Skype IPO, Business News

EBay Inc. plans to spin off its Internet communications service Skype through an initial public offering. San Jose, Calif.-based eBay said Tuesday ...

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WhoseSpace?

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Richard Blumenthal, Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, Chris De Wolfe, Twitter, Fox, Skype, You Tube, News Corporation, Google, Tom Anderson, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

In Stealing MySpace, Julia Angwin combines juicy pulp with biz-dev context to turn this story of somewhat shaky and shady entrepreneur-businessman-techie-marketers into a page-turner.

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Shouldn't the G20 Just Stay Home, Skype, and Tweet?

Graham Hill | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Meetings, G20 Summit, Video Conferencing, Twitter, Skype, g20, Green News
Graham Hill

Remind me why the world's leaders and must continually jet around the globe filling the upper atmosphere with CO2? Shouldn't we be saving the CO2 emissions for fun stuff?

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Skype: Mobile Phones Next Frontier

New York Times | BRAD STONE | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Cell Phones Skype, Skype, Mobile Phones Skype, Skype Mobile Phones, Skype Cell Phones, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Skype, the Internet calling service that has more than 400 million users around the world, is aggressively moving onto mobile phones....

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You Can Have a Long Distance Relationship, Even in this Economy

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 03.15.2009 | Living

Read More: France, Paris, Long Distance Love, I Love Woody Allen and Have a Hard Time Trusting Anyone Who Doesn't, Computer Love, Rituals, Long Distance Relationships, Skype, Webcam, Andrea Chalupa, Living News
Andrea Chalupa

Long distance relationships absolutely, positively do work and while I was starting mine, I happened upon a lot of happy couples who were making it work too.

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You Never Know

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Skype, first30days, Loss, Ariane De Bonvoisin, Martin Schaedel, Living News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

You never know. Take care of the people around you. Listen to your friends and family. Just go to give. Be present. Really, be with people.

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Move Over Skype: Gmail Launches Video and Audio Chatting

Eric Kuhn | Posted 12.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Google, Skype, Gmail, Technology, Instant Messaging, Audio Chat, Email, Video Chat, Gmail Audio Chat, Gmail Video Chat, Business News
Eric Kuhn

Google will be competing with Skype, the popular application which allows people to make free video and audio calls. But already, people are moving towards Gmail.

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Monstrous Deals

Megan Shank | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Monster.com, tom.com, Democracy, Skype, China, Chinese Censorship, Tiananmen Square, Josh Silverman, Business News
Megan Shank

For many companies working with Chinese firms on online products and services the hidden cost inherent in sticky ethics often emerges snarling.

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China's Skyping on you ...

Michael Standaert | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Skype, Great Firewall, China, Government Spying, Politics News
Michael Standaert

BEIJING: When in China, don't use Skype. Well, at least not the Chinese version called Tom-Skype, a joint venture between eBay (owner of Skype) and To...

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Skype To Sell Int'l Calls For $9.95 A Month

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Skype, Skype International Calls, Business News

NEW YORK — Skype, the Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Inc., is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones on Monday. ...

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Video Chat With Diebold Expert Threatened By Voting Machine Company

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Electronic Voting, Election Reform, Voting Machine, Video, Princeton, Edward Felton, Why Tuesday, Skype, Video Chat, Sequoia, Data Protection Voting, Primaries 2008 Elegibility Voting, Paper Ballots, GOP Candidates Voting Rights, Presidential Candidates Voting Rights, E-Voting, Voting Records, Laws Voting Primaries, Ballots Presidential Elections, Voting Machines 2008, Voting Rights, Ballot Systems, Florida Voting Problems, Error-Proof Voting Machines, Hanging Chads Florida, Voting Problems Presidential Election, Democratic Presidential Candidates Voting Rights, Illegal Ballots, Voting Rights Protection, Absentee Ballots, Voting Machines Problems, Home News
Jacob Soboroff

I video chatted yesterday with Princeton professor Edward Felten. After he was alerted to strange vote tallies by Sequoia voting machines on Super Tuesday, Sequoia wrote to tell Felton that if he investigated the malfunction, even at the request of county clerks, it may be grounds for a lawsuit against him.

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Is It Time For eBay CEO Meg Whitman To Go?

Silicon Valley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: eBay Brand, Meg Whitman, Skype, Ebay, Online Auctions, Business News

We realize this may sound like heresy, but we think it's time for eBay shareholders to consider nudging CEO Meg Whitman out the door. Meg is one of t...

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