Rupert Murdock Sues Skype for "Trademark Infringement"
VoIP and Gadgets Ridiculous news of the day! Rupert Murdoch of News Corp (FOX News) is suing Skype over trademark infringement. Apparently, Rupert’s BSkyB company is suing over trademark infringement for sharing 3 letters and a very common word with Skype – namely ‘sky’. What’s next? Trademarking 2 letters? Topics: ISP, Google, VoIP, iPhone, Fring, [...]
Skype And Fring Fight Over Interconnectivity
MocoNews Fring is no longer providing support for Skype, a week after the mobile app expanded its features to include two-way video calling for the iPhone. Fring previously had allowed its users to make calls and IMs across Skype, in addition to others like Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Talk and ICQ. Topics: iPhone, GPS, Fring, Skype, [...]
HTC Gets Hit With Another Lawsuit From Klausner Technologies
IntoMobile Remember that Visual Voicemail patent debacle from a couple years ago? Well, the plaintiff in those lawsuits is at it again with another Visual Voicemail lawsuit. This time, the legal battle is aimed in HTC’s direction, at a time when the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is dealing with lawsuits over 20 alleged Apple patents. Topics: [...]
Microunity Sues The Entire Wireless Industry Over Obscure Patents
Microunity’s lawsuit, filed today in a Texas court, reads like a who’s who of influential actors on the US mobile stage – the firm is claiming that a few handfuls of their intellectual property is being pilfered by the likes of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), AT&T, Google, HTC, LG, Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Palm [...]
8 x 8 Announces 3G App
Ever since the iPad announcement we have seen one company after another make noise that their application is now able to make calls over 3G. First was iCall. Then along came Fring and today we have 8 x 8 making their’s. Topics: Apple, Truphone, iPhone, Clearwire, Skype, IPO, VoIP, 8×8, 3G, 4G
VoIP in Google ChromeOS
I was curious if ChromeOS could run VoIP. Since Google’s ChromeOS has a Flash Player built-in, in theory it can run a Flash-based VoIP client. Topics: iPhone, Apple, Shoretel, Softphone, Android, PSTN, Gizmo5, VoIP, Skype, Fring
Worlds First Andriod VOIP App from Fring
Fring did it again (as always) beating their competitors at Andriod VOIP. Android Phones are getting popular in the USA and VOIP is soon going to be huge on Android. It seems Fring realised the… Topics: USA, telecommunications, Fring, telecom, Android, VoIP
Court Says Limelight Doesn’t Infringe Patent, Akamai Disagrees
In what has to be a much-needed shot in the arm for content delivery services provider Limelight Networks, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts says Limelight does not infringe U.S. Patent No. 6,108,703 in Akamai Technologies vs. Limelight Networks. Not surprisingly, Akamai says it will appeal the decision. Blog RSS Feed: GigaOm [...]
