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Items tagged with 'skype'

Skype added to ebay

Skype VOIP capabilities will be added to ebay to improve communication between buyers and sellers. There are limited immediate benefits though for a marketplace which thrives on asynchronicity and anonymity ("fluffy_seller3085" may not always want calls!).

Online ads: soon "click to CALL", not just to look

In an article in Internet.com we get a quick heads up that eBay, Yahoo and Google are aligning their systems to allow customers to click on an ad and "call" - using eBay's Skype and Google Talk technology. And we thought life was complicated enough with text ads! Time to brush up your relationship with your friendly contact centre provider...

Mobile network "3" launches Skype phone

The 3 network has announced a new phone that allows 'standard' mobile calls, free VOIP calls and - in a groundbreaking move that the industry has been collectively ignoring - free calls from mobile to a Skype desktop. This move could be seen in the future as a small but significant step in bring mobile web and voice (ie 'commerce') together, but it's certainly too early to call the end of the mobile telcos.