When the latest version of Skype was released for the iPhone. To date, Skype has been installed on 12 million iPhones, or roughly 15 percent of all iPhones and iPod touches shipped by Apple, Silverman said. The company also recently announced a version of its software for Nokia’s Symbian OS, adding to versions available for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry,Īpple’s iPhone, Google’s Android, and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating systems. Earlier this year, Panasonic, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics all announced plans to install Skype on their flat-panel televisions. The company is also moving beyond computers, extending its focus to mobile devices and consumer electronics. Growth will likely continue next year as PC makers are expected to ship 100 million computers with Skype’s software preinstalled, he said. The company had 560 million registered users at the end of 2009 and is adding 300,000 new users every day, Silverman said.
It’s going to get more complex.” Indeed, White House and law enforcement officials plan to meet with Silicon Valley executives January 8 to discuss militants' use of social media, according to a Reuters report.Skype is moving towards making Silverman’s vision real, building on its large and growing base of users. "We’re at a point where everyone is using social media. He advocates for an industry standard developed by all social media companies to which they’d all adhere. Steven Stalinsky, executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute, worries Twitter lacks the sophistication to identify tweets that promote terrorism in every country. “If Twitter knows that its platform is used for this, but doesn’t do something, at what point does that become gross negligence?” Wallace asks. Twitter Will Bring #Paris Questions to Tonight’s Debate ArrowĪs we move into an age of asymmetrical warfare, where social media becomes a primary tool for people to mobilize, he says Twitter is complicit in attacks if it doesn’t take a strong hand in removing content.
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