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BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio (www.rdio.com), the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the founders of Skype(TM), today announced its Rdio app is now available in V CAST Apps. Verizon Wireless' mobile applications storefront gives customers a one-click process to purchase a wide array of apps with the ease and convenience of direct billing; apps purchased are invoiced on customers' monthly account billing statements. Verizon Wireless...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio (www.rdio.com), the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the founders of Skype, today announced the public availability of their Mobile Playback API for Android and iOS. Like the Web Playback API announced two months ago at South by Southwest, Rdio's Mobile API exposes much of the functionality of Rdio.com and gives developers the ability to create mobile applications that can search, access and play all of the artists, songs,...

Facebook is currently in talks with Skype, according to a Reuters report.The news service also reported that Google has also held talks over the possibility of forming a joint venture with the VoIP service. One source told Reuters that a deal could be valued at $3 billion to $4 billion.  Other sources told the newswire that Skype's delayed IPO could raise around $1 billion. Skype revealed in a U.S. regulatory filing last August that it planned to make an initial public offering of its...

SOMERVILLE, Mass., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Echo Nest, a music intelligence platform powering smarter music apps across the web and devices, announced a partnership with Rdio (www.rdio.com), the unlimited, on demand social music service from the founders of Skype on Tuesday, to help developers build music apps on a catalog of more than eight million licensed songs while tapping a new source of revenue. The first of these applications, Music Maze (www.musicmaze.fm), is a steerable...

Cybernet's new all-in-one medical computer, the CyberMed, generated a lot of buzz at the HIMSS show in February. Considered a breakthrough in all-in-one technology, the CyberMed integrates many new features needed in medical facilities, such as scanners for barcodes, RFID, and fingerprints, and readers for smart cards and magnetic stripe cards. This all in one medical computer also supports Skype VOIP and a webcam that can enable telemedicine. Irvine, CA (PRWEB) April 28, 2011 Cybernet,...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rdio (www.rdio.com), the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the founders of Skype, today announced the availability of Amazon Payments as an option for users to pay for their Rdio subscription. Amazon Payments is an easy-to-use and secure payment method that lets millions of Amazon customers use the payment information already saved in their Amazon accounts to pay for third-party goods and services like Rdio. Starting today, new and...

LONDON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 3CX, developer of the award-winning 3CX Phone System for Windows, today announced that its internationally used cross-platform communications application has received Skype Connect(TM) interoperability certification. Businesses of all sizes that are using the 3CX Phone System can now communicate more efficiently and economically by directing their outbound calls to mobile phones and landlines around the world through Skype. It will also allow those...

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TalktoCanada, the company trusted by Ernst & Young, Novartis and Saudi Telecom for English language training, is reporting an increased demand for WebEx-based classes in 2011. Already a staple of modern meeting culture, corporations are quick to embrace WebEx as also a classroom tool. Among the features that amplify the online English training experience the most popular include a whiteboard, annotating options and recording and playback...

ST CONSTANT, Quebec, April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tribair builds iPhone and Android VoIP applications. Since its launch 6 months ago, users from all over the world have saved on long-distance calls, SMS and MMS costs by using Tribair to make free and inexpensive calls. Tribair also offers free messages; users can send text, picture, voice and video messages. Furthermore, users can access maps with over 275,000 free WiFi hotspots and even register their own. With such a large WiFi...

Raketu today announced that like Skype, Raketu will not be blocked by the Kremlin. With the new RakDroid application, Android users will now be able to make free voice, video and IM calls over 3G, 4G and WiFi. New York, NY (PRWEB) April 14, 2011 Raketu (http://www.Raketu.com), a leading global Internet communications company, today announced that like Skype, Raketu will not be blocked by the Kremlin. Raketu users will be able to continue their service unaffected by recent...