Google has acquired the flagship software product of video-conferencing start-up Marratech, leading many to believe that conferencing software may become the next addition to Google's growing office suite.
Skype is shaking off its consumer shackles and finding favour with enterprises, with almost one-third of its customers using its telephony software for business.
A US court has thrown out a US$4.1 billion lawsuit that was levelled against Skype.
Microsoft announced on Tuesday in the US that it has formed a strategic partnership with Nortel Networks to develop and market unified-communications products.
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What's not to like about Skype? It's free and ad-free and offers clear VoIP calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world.
Though Skype 2 suffers from middling voice quality when calling landline phones, it's still one of the best free VoIP services around, and its new Skype Video feature makes it even better.
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