The folks from The Venice Project, who brought us Skype, have changed their product name to Joost. They are on the cusp of expanding the beta invitations to include more people so sign up for the beta list. The screens look pretty interesting and apparently more and more features are being added in each iteration of the product. Stay tuned...
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Skype has taken another small but not insignificant step toward enabling it to become a user's primary telephone service: by signing a co-marketing agreement with iSkoot, a company that has developed software for mobile phones that enables them to be used to make and receive Skype calls.
The software will be promoted to handset manufacturers for possible pre-loading onto new handsets and to cellular service providers.
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Skype has grown in popularity since its launch, and recent moves like allowing free calling within the US and Canada have served to entice even more users into giving the VoIP service a shot. The limiting factor, of course, is that users are tethered to their PCs or the range of special cordless phones designed to work with the service.
Skype users will soon be untethered, thanks to a new lineup of WiFi phones. Scheduled for introduction later this month and in August, the phones from NETGEAR and Belkin will come preloaded with Skype...
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