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Skype has added a few Canadian area code numbers for its Skype-To-Go service. The area codes for now are 438, 514, 647, and 778 (so basically Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver). Skype-To-Go is a service whereby you can call a local number through your regular phone, which will allow you to use your cheap Skype long [...]

Skype and Verizon Wireless have announced that they are joining forces to provide a cheap integrated mobile VOIP solution starting in March of this year. According to the announcement, several BlackBerry and Android phones will come with Skype pre-installed upon purchase from Verizon. All Skype-to-Skype calls will be free, and Skype’s standard low international long distance [...]

Well, it’s finally here. 3 years after the iPhone, Microsoft has finally gotten into the mobile phone game with Windows Phone. Today, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft announced their OS entry into this sector. var AdBrite_Title_Color = ’0000FF’; var AdBrite_Text_Color = ’000000′; var AdBrite_Background_Color = ‘FFFFFF’; var AdBrite_Border_Color = ‘CCCCCC’; var AdBrite_URL_Color [...]

The CBC is carrying a story about a consortium of 24 international wireless carriers including giants AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, and Telefonica who have joined forces with hardware manufacturers Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson to provide an app store which will be ubiquitous across all carriers and platforms. Wind Mobile is Canada’s only participant. [...]

I want to take this chance to do a bit of off-topic posting. As I live in Vancouver, it’s hard to not notice all the olympic changes to the city. Of course, changes have been happening constantly for the past several years, but in the past 2 weeks, things have really picked up. Google has [...]