Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Skype adds new features to Facebook video calling

Cisco reorgs again, folds net management into new cloud group | Maybe 802.11ad Will Dominate After All

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Skype adds new features to Facebook video calling
Facebook, Skype, and Microsoft (which now owns Skype) have been working together again to offer Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype. In November 2010, Facebook launched new features that brought together users chats, texts, emails and messages all in one place. And in July this year by working with Skype, Facebook introduced video calling and other improvements to its chat services. The latest calling features were included in Skype's 5.4 Beta for Mac and 5.7 Beta for Windows. Read More


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Even though it completed the bulk of a major restructuring earlier this year, Cisco continues to tweak its internal organizational structure, combining its network management group into a larger cloud and systems management technology group, according to an internal Cisco memo. Read More


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Maybe 802.11ad Will Dominate After All
My last posting on the subject of 60 GHz. WLANs and 802.11ad was a bit cautionary in nature. Following a briefing with the folks at the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig), I was surprised that I heard a lot about wireless docking, video streaming, and applications essentially WPAN in nature, but relatively little about the 802.11ad WLAN opportunity. I think all constituencies concerned with 60 GHz.... Read More


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HD Voice makes steady progress in mobile networks
This year the number of operators that have implemented HD Voice has almost tripled, and more phones are also compatible with the technology, according to a report by industry organization GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association). Read More

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