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HONG KONG, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- August is travel season for Europe. Hoards of American tourists flood into the cities, while savvy Europeans leave for holiday. Whether you plan on hitting the beach in the south of France or pelting 40,000 people with tomatoes at the Tomatina festival in Spain this August, you'll probably be traveling somewhere - be it by land, air, or sea. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101229/CN22302LOGO ) DealExtreme is offering special discounts...

BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Voip-Pal.Com Inc. ("Voip-Pal") (OTC Pink Sheets: VPLM) announces that it will be launching a revamped and upgraded VoIP calling service including a new integrated PointsPhone website within the next few weeks. MyPointsPhone website is currently active while the PointsPhone website is currently undergoing testing. The two websites will soon be integrated under the new PointsPhone website. In associated news, Voip-Pal announces that it has...

TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comwave, Canada's largest Voice over IP provider today announces the release of ePhone. Fresh off the heels of a successful launch of ePhone for the BlackBerry Playbook(TM), Comwave introduces ePhone as a web-based Adobe(®) Flash(®) video phone. Users can access their ePhone from any computer in the world with an internet connection. "ePhone is an incredible value that every laptop should have," says Yuval Barzakay, President. "In the boardroom...

Power A Bright Future Grant Program Leverages First-Ever Educational Initiative with Skype in the classroom to Kick Off Third Year OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This fall, topping the list of back to school concerns are program funding and keeping pace with technology. Today Clorox announces its plan to address both, with $150,000 in Power A Bright Future grants and the first-ever educational initiative with Skype in the classroom. Together with Skype and its...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio, the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the creators of Skype, today announced Rdio Unlimited Family, the industry's first digital music family plan. Now the whole family can benefit from the convenience and savings of combining up to three Rdio Unlimited accounts into one billing plan. Each family member can create their own individual Rdio Unlimited accounts and curate their own individual listening experience through Rdio's...

TOKYO, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that it will introduce dedicated applications for Facebook, foursquare, Skype(TM) and Twitter*1 to PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) which will launch in Japan by the end of 2011, followed by the U.S. and Europe early next year*2.PS Vita users will not only be able to enjoy the immersive rich gaming content but through the addition of these social networking services and communications widely used around...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pervasip Corp. (OTCQB:PVSP) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VoX Communications, a leading provider of wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services and smartphone applications, has developed a mobile VoIP App for use on all Android mobile phones. Pervasip's Chief Information Officer, Mark Richards, noted, "We are very excited about being able to deliver a mobile VoIP app via Google's incredibly popular Android...

LONDON, August 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - Powering Skype's Mobile Website Globally With MIG's Mobile Platform mVoy Publish http://www.migcan.com Mobile and digital technology business Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) has today announced a partnership with Skype. The partnership will see MIG run the new Skype global mobile website which launched in May this year utilising MIG's mobile platform, mVoy Publish. As Skype on mobile becomes an increasingly...

HOUSTON, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the statistics reported by Nielsen, in the three month period ending June 2011, the five leading operating systems comprising 98% of the US smartphone market were: Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and HP Palm webOS. Getting ahead of its competition, Voxofon is the only VoIP provider that brings dedicated applications for affordable international calling to users of all five major smartphone platforms....

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio, the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the creators of Skype, today announced the availability of Rdio for iPad. Like the company's popular iPhone app, Rdio for iPad lets users discover music through friends and other influencers as well as search for and instantly play any song, artist, album or playlist from a growing catalog of over 10 million songs. The new app fully utilizes the iPad's expansive screen and intuitive touch...