Microsoft releasing Skype for Windows Phone 8 app November 12, 2012 - 13:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft is in gradually releasing a preview of its updated Skype for Windows Phone 8 application, The Next Web reports. One of the main improvements to the app is that it keeps users online via the cloud without using up battery on the phone itself. The company announced in late October plans to revamp its Skype, Twitter and Facebook apps for the new mobile operating system. Skype in particular plays an important role for Microsoft, since it paid $8.5 billion for it last year. Over time, Skype will become Microsoft’s default communications software. Last week, the company announced that it will fold its Microsoft Messenger, which has an estimated 100 million users, into the service.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland  President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan.Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers.Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. |
