GigaomMSN Messenger to shut down in China, its final stronghold
It may have disappeared in the rest of the world last year, but MSN/Windows Live Messenger still hung on in China — until now. Read more »
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It may have disappeared in the rest of the world last year, but MSN/Windows Live Messenger still hung on in China — until now. Read more »
The Estonia-based team messaging service comes with a fully featured free version, but premium subscribers will get limitless historical access to messages and soon-to-come administrative features. Read more »
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The messaging service is now tightly integrated with Microsoft’s PC-slash-tablet OS, although the recently-launched Viber Out feature doesn’t appear to be included. Read more »
The EU’s General Court has dismissed Cisco’s challenge against the European Commission’s approval of Microsoft’s Skype takeover. But it did so mostly because Microsoft is no longer the market-dominating powerhouse it… Read more »