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Friday, April 3, 2015

Wire A Skype Competitor Launched By Its Co Founder

Since its launch more than 10 years ago, Skype has become the primary tool for making VoIP calls and instant messages. 

 
Microsoft scooped up Skype from eBay back in 2011 for a meaty $8.5 billion, and now Skypes co-founder Janus Friis has revealed a new tool that will compete directly with Skype. Called Wire, the service is now available for iOS 8 and above, OS X 10.9 and above, and Android 4.2 and above.

"Skype was launched more than a decade ago. A lot has changed since then -- we are all used to free calls and texting, and we have taken to carrying our computers in our pockets," said Friis. "It is time to create the best possible communication tools, as beautiful as they are useful. Wire is just that."


According to the company, Wire users will be able to share images, YouTube video and SoundCloud music, and theyll be able to do VoIP calling and individual and group instant messaging.

To start a call, users simply click on the name of the person displayed in the friends list, and then click on the phone icon. To end the call, users must click on the X in the upper left corner. To transfer the call to another device, users must click on the "Transfer Call Here" button found on a banner flashing on the other device. Free calls require that both parties use Wire.

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Prior to that report, Microsoft revealed in October that as part of the WebRTC standard, the company is now supporting the new Object Real-Time Communications (ORTC) API. This will allow Skype users to chat and make calls directly from Internet Explorer without the need for a browser plug-in.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Cross platform messenger Wire could replace Skype

Cross-platform


Janus Friis, co-founder of Skype, said recently that despite the popularity of their applications, it is made for obsolete standards. Therefore Friis put together a team, developed the Wire – cross-platform program for communication, available on iOS, Android and Mac. While some improvements compared with Skype hidden from the user, the new application will be able to offer a simplified management. For example, to call enough to hold the cursor along the window from left to right .


 However Wire is unlikely to completely replace the functionality of Skype. It does not yet have a video chat function, although this may be planning to introduce in the future. However, in the Wire can share videos from YouTube, to send audio, text, images and GIF-images.



“Skype was launched more than ten years ago. Since then we have become accustomed to free calls and messages and began to carry the device in their pockets. It is time to create the best possible means of communication – both beautiful and useful. Wire – this is what you need” – said Janus Friis, co-founder of Skype.


Cross-platform



 In the future, the developers plan to add more new features into your application. Will not only clear sound with the audio codec Opus, and encryption at both ends of the call . Despite the temporarily limited set of functions, Wire looks quite attractive. The app will be available soon in stores Google Play and App Store. PC version will also be released in the near future.



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