It's been a year since Microsoft announced its $8.5 billionacquisition of Skype. Does it have anything to show for it but atroubled Windows Phone client? It's been a little over a year since Microsoft announced itwas plunking down $8.5 billion for VoIP pioneer Skype . At the time, the size of the deal surprised industry watchers.Sure, Skype had traction as a VoIP platform with well over 100million users, particularly in international markets. But thecompany had failed to add

Revel Systems upgrades its POS solution for the enterprise withoffline mode and multi-location support In case you haven t noticed, the retail payment industry is ripefor disruption. In fact, said disruption in manifesting itself in avariety of ways. Square has its sights set on local vendors, andhas amped up outreach by putting its units on shelves at Walgreen s, Stapes, and FedEx . New app Paydragon has targeted the food cart line with user-friendly QR codes. Belly offers

TORONTO The arrest of Christopher Husbands, the alleged EatonCentre shooter, has inadvertently lifted the veil on one of thejustice system's dirty little secrets the joke that a"recognizance of bail" often is. The 23-year-old Husbands, who is charged with one count offirst-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder in theSaturday evening gunplay at the downtown mall's busy food court,was ostensibly on "house arrest" as a condition of hisbail at the time of the

Hannah Thomas need no longer keep her talent under wraps –after being discovered by top fashion brand Abercrombie and Fitch. The 22-year-old, from the village of Lydart near Monmouth, is tostart work for the US retailer this autumn after she impressed theupmarket chain with her lingerie designs. Hannah, whose parents moved to Wales from Buckinghamshire fouryears ago, is in the final weeks of her Contour Fashion degree atDe Montfort University in Leicester.

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