Here’s what moms want for Mother’s Day

VoIP service provider Rebtel conducted a study to show what moms want for Mother’s Day and what their sons and daughters plan to do about it. Unsurprisingly, more than 90% of respondents who plan to get in touch with mom said they will use voice,... 

BlackBerry Q10 gets Skype!

Skype is now available for BlackBerry Q10 with Z10 owners getting it as soon as BlackBerry released 10.1 OS update for the all-touchscreen device. Included in the app are all of the standard Skype features such as free face to face video and voice calls,... 

Skype for Windows Phone 8 updated with HD video support, P

There’s a new version of Skype available for Windows Phone 8 devices and it comes with support for 720p HD video calls. Unfortunately, though as expected, not all devices are able to benefit from this capability. As you would imagine, HD video... 

BATMAN wants to break Android free from WiFi

There are plenty of reasons to want an ad-hoc network at your disposal. Whether it’s for file sharing between a tablet and something like a WiDrive or for communication between smartphones, it’s more of a nice thing to have than a requirement... 

Skype for Windows Phone goes gold

After a two-month beta period, the time has finally come for Skype to make its official debut in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Its arrival is an important one — not just because Microsoft acquired Skype a while back and you’d expect to find... 

30 days with Republic Wireless

The mobile networks in the US are designed to prevent new competition from entering the market. The US isn’t likely to see a new carrier to deliver a service that functions the same way that the current traditional carriers do. In order to succeed,... 

AT&T releases VoIP app for expensive international ca

AT&T has released a new app called Call International, which allows users to place VoIP calls over the network. While this can certainly be less expensive than standard international calling rates, it’s basically a ripoff that preys on the... 

Skype for iPad

The wait is over! The free Skype app for iPad is finally here. You can now use your iPad as a full fledged VoIP phone with the newly released official Skye iPad app which features full screen video… Read the full review at AppSafari See the original... 

Could a 3G iPod touch be in the works?

We couldn’t very well end the work week without another Apple rumor, could we? As if the iPad HD rumor yesterday and Wednesday’s iPhone 6 rumor weren’t enough to get your mouths watering, we have another potential new product that would make a... 

Skype for Android gets video calling

Skype remains the most widely-used voice and video calling app around, shrugging off the occasional network hiccup and fears about eavesdropping. With the arrival of front-facing cameras on smartphones, there was no doubt Skype would get cracking on... 

Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger from CrispApp is an iPhone app that lets you chat with and call your Facebook friends for free. Good news is it actually works. Bad news, if any is that there is no video support and the app is not free. It’s basically like Viber... 

Verizon will begin pumping many of its voice calls through

It won’t mean much to you right now, but future phones you buy on Verizon’s network will make calls over LTE, turning most of the actual telephone duties of your smartphone over to Verizon’s 4G data connection instead of its aging CDMA... 

Facebook might be working on VoIP calling ahead of Faceboo

Facebook is already the most popular social network on Earth, and it’s instant message and IM systems are so relied upon that Facebook will soon be opening them up by doling out official @facebook.com email addresses associated with every account,... 

Google Voice will allow all users to port their existing n

Google Voice is an incredible service, and I often have to pinch myself to assure my brain that I’m not just dreaming it up, but one problem with it is you have to use the Google-supplied number with the service, instead of being given the chance... 

Viber – Free Phone Calls

Viber is a free iPhone app the lets you make free calls to anyone who also has the Viber iPhone application installed on their iPhone. Calls on Viber are free and can be made over WiFi or 3G. Viber-to-Viber calls *are* free though they use your internet...