Consider this a virtual olive branch from President Donald Trump to the so-called “dishonest media.” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that starting later this week, his daily press briefings will include four “Skype” seats for reporters who are not in Washington, D.C. Reporters located 50 miles or more outside of the nation’s …
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FaceTime and Skype have a new rival in the video-chat market: WhatsApp. The maker of the hugely popular messaging and voice app said Monday it will soon add the ability to place free video calls from within the app. The feature, which is expected to be available in the coming days, will allow the app’s more than 1 billion users …
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Chatting and collaborating with colleagues used to be all about watercoolers and whiteboards. These days it’s more about videoconferencing, email and at least one form of instant messaging. Microsoft is the latest company to jump on the work-chat bandwagon with the launch of Teams at a New York event Wednesday. Teams brings together chats, notes and planning with the intention …
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On the eve of its October 26 press event in New York, Microsoft appears to be readying a new messaging platform called Microsoft Teams. The service already has a log-in page for beta testers posted, as well as a splash page to launch the app. Reports of a Microsoft collaborative chat service first surfaced in September, when the site MSPowerUser …
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In the future, women will be able to use augmented reality to beautify themselves without makeup. A Japanese company is working to bring that future to the present. TeleBeauty is an app developed by Shiseido, Microsoft Japan and Skype for Business. It’s aiming to bring cosmetics to telecommunication, using technology to apply augmented reality makeup to women’s faces who work …
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The Windows 10 Anniversary Update has some cool features, but it also — like all Windows updates — has some bugs. One major bug has caused many users’ webcams to stop working in apps like Microsoft’s own Skype video chat. According to Microsoft rep Mike M. on the Windows developer forums, Microsoft is currently working on a fix that should …
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Even the seasoned travellers have nightmares about returning from holidays to face a $2,000 mobile phone bill. But if you’re planning a trip abroad, there’s plenty you can do to minimise roaming charges. Whether it’s knowing what to set up before you leave or what to do when you’re on the ground, here are our tips (some of them very …
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