San Francisco (ip-192.com): While Skype is preparing an IPO; Cisco may be interested in buying the company that allows cheap VoIP phone calls before it goes public. The company, founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, is looking to raise about $5 billion through the initial public offering. Skype allows its 560 million [...]
24 hour invites: Google Voice for students
May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google plans to put students on the fast track: Everybody with an .edu email address can now sign up for Google Voice. Google promises to send out priority invitations within 24 hours. Google Voice was launched on March 11, 2009. Users must have an established U.S. based phone service to activate Google [...]
Skype comes to Verizon
March 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Basking Ridge (ip-192.com): Skype’s popular telephony application is on its way to Verizon Wireless. Nine phone models sold by the carrier in the U.S. will be compatible with the new service, including several Blackberry smart phones and phones running Google’s Android software. The Skype mobile application will allow Verizon data package subscribers to make phone [...]
Google acquirers Gizmo5
November 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): In a bid to beef up its Google Talk offerings, Goggle acquired VoIP startup Gizmo5. The price Google agreed to pay is $30 Million in cash, according to a Techcrunch article. Gizmo5 tries to compete with Skype, but the service is based on open protocols. Gizmo5 may be an almost perfect fit [...]
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