A great way to communicate with an audience or simply have fun with friends and share the content later is to use podcasts. This great means of communication can be uploaded to one of the many podcast directories on the web where it can be downloaded to an MP3 player or similar device. The name “podcast” comes from the popularity of creating on-demand audio shows that were downloaded almost exclusively by iPod users, and it is the on-demand nature of the audio combined with the fact that such a webcast doesn’t require a network or radio signal to listen to it that has made

Skype has come out with the updated version of its mobile app for the Android platform. They have released the new version with two major updates and the first one  is that now you can use Skype on the Samsung Galaxy S running with the Android 2.2 Froyo OS. The second one will enable you to install the app on the SD card once you are using the Android 2.2 Froyo. The updated version will allow the users to make voice calls and send instant messages to other Skype users. It will make international phone calls very cheap by using SkypeOut credit and also helps in merging the

We have bad news for those of you who are waiting anxiously to get hold of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. New reports are suggesting that Skype Mobile, NFL Mobile and V CAST Video won’t be available on the Verizon Galaxy Tab at launch. Check out the leaked document that is proof on the matter. The leaked Verizon employee training material for the tablet, which comes courtesy of Engadget, suggests that the above said apps will not be available on the Android tablet at launch. This has come as a major disappointment for those who are waiting for the arrival of the tablet. The major

Using Skype on your mobile phone or computer gives you a great advantage in telephony terms, allowing you to save money on phone bills, at almost any location and make calls to pretty much anyone in the world (except your emergency services and certain premium rate telephone numbers). However it is almost impossible to receive incoming calls from anyone other than your Skype contacts – unless you purchase a telephone number that can be forwarded to your Skype account. This is a particularly useful idea to anyone conducting business via Skype or their PC; perhaps you are a home

Podcasting is an increasingly popular means to communicate with an online community, whether this be based around a blog, discussion forum or even a Twitter feed. Despite the perceived complexities associated with podcasting, all you need are a couple of free to download applications and a microphone. However if you’re planning on including someone else in your podcast, things can become a little more complicated. If your guest or co-podcaster are situated nearby, this shouldn’t be a problem; however if they are overseas or too far to easily meet up with, you’ll need to

Skype is a highly useful Internet Telephony software package. On Ubuntu 10.04 you can install Skype for Linux a few different ways, through the software channel using Terminal or the Ubuntu Software Center or you can download the software package directly from Skype’s official website and install the .deb file yourself. In this tutorial, all of these options will be discussed. Note: Suggested hardware requirements for Skype 2.1 Beta 2 for Linux are: 1 Ghz processor or faster, 256 MB RAM, 20 MB free disk space on your hard drive, Microphone and speakers headset (if you

Google has had some sad attempts at expanding its business in the recent past with new features like the buzz failing to impress majority of people while some others, viz. the development of the Android OS, have been a major ‘non monetary success’. We are now backing Google to come up with a successful addition to their business in the form of testing a VoIP service within Gmail. You read it rights folks and this implies that Google intends to tread in Skype’s territory, something which the others have tried to do in the past without much success. The

Skype, the most prominent Internet telephony provider, has revealed some plans to raise $100 million in an initial public offering, according to reports. Today, they’ve announced that they’ve filed an S-1 statement with the Securities and Exchange Commision, and after the IPO Skype are planning to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market. However, a price range and a date for the IPO are yet to be revealed. There’s been a lot of talk about a potential Skype public offering, though initial actions in that direction only started around the end of last year when eBay

Folks from Skype have announced that their devs have come up with an update for iOS4 that will bring multitasking for your Apple branded handset. That means that the new Skype iPhone application will sit tightly in the background, while you’ll be able to make and receive calls all day long (on 3G) for nada, or instant messages. With the new Skype appl for iOS4, the best thing is that you don’t need to have it active on your screen in order to maintain calls — you can switch to another app if you want,  and the connection won’t break. Run Skype in the

Panasonic has announced the activation of Twitter on their Viera Cast-enabled HDTVs. Twitter will also be available on Viera Cast -enabled Blu-ray Disc Players at a later date. Twitter is the latest feature to be added to the list of built-in web entertainment technologies on the HDTVs. The other features include Skype, Netflix, Fox Sports, Bloomberg, Amazon Video-On-Demand and YouTube among many other offers. Panasonic’s plans to add Twitter was announced in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show. With the addition of the global information network becoming a