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Alright people, here’s yet another way to cut down your mobile bill. Fring, a start-up, has come up with what could be called the mobile version of Skype. This way, you can make phone calls and send text messages free of cost from your mobile phone.
Fring is based on peer-to-peer internet technology, just like Skype. It uses peer-to-peer internet technology to activate a call from a mobile phone to another over the internet. Both the caller and the receiver need to have the Fring application in their mobile phone in order to be able to use this service. You can also chat with your friends right on your mobile phone via text messages just like you do with instant messengers. And all this, is free of cost.
You will not be charged for the air time and you will not be charged for the text messages you send via Fringe. You will just have to pay the normal data charges every month. Fring supports online communities like Yahoo, AIM, Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Twitter, and ICQ. The service is also available in six different languages apart from English, making it accessible for non-English speakers.
The only downside is, not everyone can download and use Fring. You need to have a Symbian 8 or 9 or Windows Mobile 5 or 6 to be able to use this. So far, Fring enjoys success with users from over 160 countries.
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Now that everyone is talking about Microsoft’s proposed buyout of Yahoo!, I thought of going back in time and taking a peek at the rivalry between Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. Surprisingly, they go neck to neck in all areas and while Google is the dominant one as of now, you just cannot say who will win the war. Assuming the Microsoft –Yahoo! deal does go out well and give a huge competition to Google, let me point out the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.
Microsoft bought MessageCast Inc, which is an automated alerting and messaging services firm, while Google was talking about its much-hyped Android platform.
Google bought Marratech, a video conferencing software firm, to compete with Microsoft’s Unified Communications.
Microsoft bought ScreenTonic, a mobile advertising solutions firm, to compete with Google ad solutions.
Google bought YouTube for a whopping $1.65 billion and captured a huge share of the market. Later, Microsoft came up with Soapbox to compete with YouTube but failed miserably.
Google bought Picasa, a photo management software, to set its foot in the market. Later, Yahoo! acquired both Ludicorp and Flickr and has become the market leader in photo sharing.
Google bought Where2 Mapping software to compete with Yahoo Maps, but couldn’t succeed as Yahoo! still remains the market leader.
In the internet space, it’s even more interesting. While Google is the clear winner in the internet search market, leaving Yahoo Search and MSN Search in the lurch, Yahoo Mail is a little ahead of both Gmail and Hotmail. Also, GTalk is giving serious competition to both Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger.
Then, Google made history with its acquisition of DoubleClick for an astronomical $3.1 billion. Now, with its proposed buyout, Microsoft could make history if it does buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion.
If the acquisition were to happen, it would mean huge competition for Google, no doubt about that. Thanks to the intense competition, both sides will go out of their way to please their customers and retain/expand their market share. In other words, it’s going to be good times for us, customers.
Tags: Android, competition, DoubleClick, Flickr, Gmail, Google, GTalk, Hotmail, internet search, Ludicorp, Marratech, MessageCast Inc, Microsoft, MSN Messenger, MSN Search, photo sharing, Picasa, ScreenTonic, Soapbox, Unified Communications, Where2 Mapping software, Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Maps, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Search, YouTube
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Categories: Google, All things mobile phones, Yahoo, Microsoft.
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