If you're heading to Ethiopia sometime soon, I'd like to offer you one small but crucial bit of advice: Don't get on Skype. full story ![]()
BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling coalition re-elected Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn as chairman on Tuesday, completing a smooth transition after the death last year of his predecessor Meles Zenawi who kept a tight grip on power for 21 years.
reuters.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
French regulators have launched an investigation into Microsoft's Skype unit after Redmond failed to designate Skype as an electronic communications service.
pcmag.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia (AP) — Ailing ruling party veteran officials in Ethiopia are leaving their posts to a group of younger leaders in the East African nation which enjoys close ties with Washington but is increasingly looking to China as a model.
boston.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
Skype is the largest international voice provider in the world, and this year saw it continue to steal minutes away from carriers. Skype calls accounted for 167 billion minutes in 2012.
gigaom.com (3 months and 9 days ago)

If you have any expectations about the privacy of your Skype communications, you may want to reassess them. Microsoft appears to be peeking into Skype messages for security reasons, according to Ars Technica. The owner of Skype regularly scans the contents of messages sent on the service for signs of fraud, but what’s done with the information from those scans-whether...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's orthodox church has elected a new leader of the influential body in the predominantly Christian nation.
boston.com (2 months and 25 days ago)

Skype has become so popular since its launch in 2003, it's accumulated over 700 million registered users. One of the biggest advantages on Skype, aside from the free calling, easy video conversations and services like SkypeOut and SkypeIn, is how easy it is to record conversations. But most Skype recorders aren't free, or they're limited in some way. Free Video Call Recorder...
pcworld.com (2 months and 3 days ago)

George Alagiah has been to a shoe factory with a difference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
bbci.co.uk (4 days ago)
A former prime minister of Ethiopia told a crowd of 1,250 today at the Pierce County Prayer Breakfast how he turned from atheism to belief in Christ while imprisoned for 12 years.Tamrat Layne said he had been a communist, a violent person, who was worshiping guns.
thenewstribune.com (20 days ago)
Skype's Web-based management tool Manager for businesses is now available in over 170 countries and for all subscriptions, allowing companies to centrally control their usage of the service. Using Skype Manager, administrators can create accounts for employees, control their access to features, allocate Skype Credit, Skype Premium and other features, while keeping track of...
pcworld.com (16 days ago)
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