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Skype offers unlimited long-distance plan from $2.95
- By Doug Perry
- Published 04/21/2008
- Internet
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet calling company Skype said on Monday that it would offer an unlimited long-distance calling service for customers who want to reach friends and family without computers or Internet access.
Skype, owned by eBay, is one of the best-known Internet calling firms which allow free calls among Internet users. Users pay to call landlines and mobile phones, but the fee is often lower than standard long-distance services.
The company said it was offering unlimited calls to landline and cell phones in the U.S. and Canada for $2.95 a month.
It also offers unlimited calls to phones in 34 countries including Australia, China, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, for $9.95 per month, it said.
Skype users in Europe can choose from unlimited plans ranging from 2.95 euros to 8.95 euros a month depending on the destination of calls, the company said.
Taxing Virtual Worlds
- By Doug Perry
- Published 04/17/2008
- Internet
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Back on April 1, Congress held its first hearing on virtual worlds, and no, it wasn't an April Fools prank. Warning: If the politicians can hold a hearing on it, then they can probably tax it too.
Indeed, the minority staff of Congress' Joint Economic Committee has a study underway, and academics are already churning out papers on the proper tax treatment of pretend online worlds with their own economies and commerce. You can buy weapons to use in battle in "World of Warcraft," or sexy outfits to go out dancing in "Second Life," or furniture to decorate your igloo in "Club Penguin."
Website Content - It's All About The Why?
- By Jerry Bader
- Published 03/26/2008
- Internet
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Webinars - What Are They?
- By Barbara Cipak
- Published 03/25/2008
- Internet
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An Ounce Of Research Can Be Worth A Pound Of Cash
- By Dave MacDuff
- Published 12/24/2007
- Internet
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Your 2008 Web Marketing Plan
- By Rich Brooks
- Published 12/21/2007
- Internet
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Internet sales could reach $204B in 2008
- By Doug Perry
- Published 04/10/2008
- Internet
- Unrated
Nashville Business Journal
The National Retail Association is forecasting $204 billion in retail sales over the Internet in 2008, while the rest of the retail industry expects sluggish growth.
According to the NRA's Shop.org annual survey, The State of Retailing Online 2008, the expected $204 billion is a 17 percent increase over last year.
The sales categories expected to do the best include apparel, with $26.6 billion, computers, with $23.9 billion, and autos, with $19.3 billion.
Web 2.0 Startup Socializes Webmail
- By Doug Perry
- Published 04/10/2008
- Internet
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2008-04-01
E-mail, relatively static for 35 years, gets a media makeover from Xoopit, which launched this week on Gmail.
Yahoo opened a lot of eyes with Inbox 2.0, a socialized version of Yahoo Mail that integrates multiple social networks into the Web mail application used by more than 250 million people.
San Francisco's Xoopit is looking to take the social inbox schema up a notch with a new personal media browser application that lets users aggregate social networks and media content in Gmail.
Launched in private beta March 31, the Xoopit technology is an indexing platform that combs through the glut of files, photos and videos floating in users' Gmail cloud and lets users post the content on other social networks and blogs to share with their friends.
Is Faster Access to the Internet Needed?
- By Doug Perry
- Published 04/10/2008
- Internet
- Unrated
April 10, 2008; Page B5
When it comes to Internet access, is there such a thing as too fast? That's a question U.S. Internet providers are grappling with as they place strategic bets on whether or not to upgrade their networks to offer high-priced, superhigh-speed Web connections.
A growing number of households served by certain Internet providers -- notably Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. -- are being offered Internet services that are 25 times faster than the average broadband speed in the U.S. But those who live in areas served by other Internet providers, including AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc., will have to make do with much less for some time.
Last week, Comcast launched a superbroadband service in Minnesota offering consumers download speeds of 50 megabits a second for $150 a month, more than double the cost of its standard broadband plan. It plans to offer the new service in 20% of the area it serves by year end and to offer speeds in excess of 100 megabits a second in two years.
Internet domination dance becomes a crowd
- By Doug Perry
- Published 04/11/2008
- Internet
- Unrated
By Martin J Young
HUA HIN, Thailand - In the ongoing battle for Internet domination, Microsoft has put on the gloves to take on Yahoo should the company continue to reject its takeover bid. A proxy fight has been threatened and a deadline set for an acquisition agreement if Yahoo does not authorize its management to enter into negotiations. Yahoo has been given three weeks until Microsoft heads directly for its target's shareholders in an effort to replace the company's board of directors.