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Featured Articles » Skype Ups VoIP Wars With Launch of Two New Devices While Voice over Internet Phone (VoIP) providers are getting more and more popular, it appears that it may be time for Vonage to move over and recognize Skype as the undisputed king. Skype has long been one of the most popular computer applications when it comes to free texting and instant messaging using a laptop, desktop, mobile phone or tablet. » Yelp Reduces Daily-Deal Service Just Days after Facebook Announces It Will Eliminate Similar Offering Two would-be rivals to Groupon are finding daily deals is not the right market for them. Yelp announced this week it will reduce sales staff in half for Yelp Deals and reassign the staff elsewhere. » Sony Launches Individual HMZ 3-D Helmet As we get into the second decade of the 21st century, it is interesting just how completely 3-D technology is making a comeback. Originally catching on in the 1960s and 70s, the tech has come back with a vengeance. It now seems as if every kind of gadget needs to find a way to offer 3-D pictures and videos and the hunt is on for the next big thing. » Senior Nokia Exec Departs to Join Venture Fund Tero Ojanperae, Nokia's senior vice president of services and its former chief technology officer, will be leaving the company at the end of September after more than two decades of service. » The Tech Conundrum: No Company would Ever Hire a Steve Jobs Last week Google shut down another failed project, this one was a recent $200M acquisition. There has been a lot of that of late, with Cisco shuttering $500M Flip and HP holding the record with its near shuttering of the $1.2B Palm. The big news is Steve Jobs stepping down from Apple and while it amazes me how many people appear to think that won't change Apple, given how unique and integrated he is at that company, an even bigger wonder is that the employee selection process at all the tech firms generally would prevent a young Steve Jobs from being hired, let alone promoted into management. Now he did make it into Atari but he likely should have been fired by them. » Limelight Sells Media Ad Unit for $66 Million Yahoo! News reports that content delivery network provider Limelight Networks, Inc., has sold its rich media advertising unit EyeWonder to DG Fastchannel Inc., the network operator that links advertisers with radio and television stations, for about $66 million in cash. As a result, its shares went up 8 percent in pre-market trading. » 'Beefy' Dual-Screen Laptop to Ship in November It may not be glamorous but several industry analysts find a lot to like about GScreen's SpaceBook laptop - which is available for shipping in November. » Hurricane Irene Took Down More than 6,000 Cell Sites: FCC Although Hurricane Irene exited the U.S. border nearly 48 hours ago, the fallout from the catastrophe is still rolling in. Featured Resources » 7 Best Practices for Success with Speech Analytics » Network Analytics: Turn Big Data into Big Opportunity » The Fax Machine and the Cloud â?" Bridging the Gap Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. FOLLOW TECHZONE360   FEATURED MAGAZINES FEATURED EVENTS

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