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USA Today has reminded us all that Apple’s, AT&T’s and Google’s comments on the Apple iPhone app store removal and rejection of all Google Voice related apps are due today. For those who don’t remember or are not up to speed, Apple pulled GV Mobile, a google voice app for the iPhone/iPod touch back at [...]

A while back I reported on how the Skype founders were considering buying Skype back from eBay. They did not do so and eBay currently still owns Skype, and licenses some technology from Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Well now Zennstrom and Friis have revoked the licensing agreement and eBay may be forced [...]

According to the Skype twitter feed, three new countries have added SkypeIn number availability. Nothing for Canada though.

My PC Skype client just got an upgrade and I decided to read the EULA (emphasis mine): No Emergency Calls: Skype Software does not and does not intend to support or carry emergency calls. Please also see paragraphs 3.6 and 6.2 below. 3.6 No Emergency Calls: The Skype Software is not intended to support or [...]

DisclaimerThese tests were done on a 1st gen iPod touch in Canada. Skype results may not be accurate as Skype is not supported in Canada. Fring has just released a new version of their iPod Touch/iPhone client that includes push notification support. I thought I’d try it out using my 1st gen iPod touch (no [...]

UPDATE9 Sept 2009: This is no longer needed as Skype for iPhone is now available in Canada. See http://www.wifitalk.ca/?p=362 A lot of people have been asking me for a guide on how to install skype in Canada. It isn’t in the Canadian AppStore because of some codec-related patent issue. No worries, there’s a way around [...]

Many Canadians are asking why they can’t get a Skype-In number in Canada. Well, it has to do with this CRTC decision. Some snippets: The Commission requires VoIP service providers providing either nomadic VoIP service or foreign exchange VoIP service to implement, within 90 days of the date of this decision, an interim solution which [...]

I recently got an email from the CRTC about skype-in and Canada. Here is an excerpt: “To the extent that Skype interconnects with the Public Switched Telephone Network in Canada – that is to say, it connects with other telephone numbers whose users have not downloaded the Skype software – Skype has certain obligations. Skype [...]

The Globe and Mail has a story about upgrades to the Canadian 911 system that *may* allow for Skype and Google Voice to offer Canadian phone numbers to Canadians. Currently, Canadians are unable to get a Canadian Skype-In phone number due to the CRTC requiring all phone providers to route 911 emergency calls to a [...]

Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, founders of Skype, are trying to raise capital to buy skype back from eBay. According to the article, skype is currently one of the most popular iPhone apps, and is working on a Blackberry version as well. Furthermore, skype accounts for 8% of all long distance minutes, due to its [...]