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Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It

27-year-old computer-science graduate student at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, exposes the inner workings of Skype’s role in China’s online surveillance apparatus.

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2 months 2 weeks ago

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China listening in on Skype, Microsoft assumes you approve

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Skype is one of the most popular services for making phone calls and chatting over the Internet, but users are probably not aware that phone calls and text chats can...

Chinese exchange student slain in Toronto while her boyfriend in China watched helplessly via webcam

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The father of an exchange student was slain in her Toronto apartment while her boyfriend in China watched helplessly via webcam is demanding justice for his daughter.

A guide to using an Android smartphone in China, and how to get paid apps

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There are no paid apps in the official Android Market in China. And, Skype and Google Maps are missing. Here's how to get them...

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China To Go After Internet Phone Services

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China is going after Internet phone services such as Skype in a move to protect the country's state-owned telephone companies, causing alarm among consumers who rely on cheap Internet calls.

Foreign baby in China essentials: FACEBOOK SUBSTITUTE (or VPN) & SKYPE

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Problem: you have someone’s grandbaby, niece, nephew and/or great-grandbaby, and you live on the other side of the globe. Aside from mom and dad, all the people who love him...

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Senator presses tech firms on practices in China

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A Democratic senator said on Tuesday he has asked 30 U.S. companies, including Apple, Facebook and Skype, for information on their human rights practices in China in the aftermath of...

"Living in China" Q&A with a California Intercultural Studies class

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A former professor beamed us into her Intercultural Communication class this week for a little Q&A session. They had great questions, and it was tons of fun… thought I’m not...

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4 years 7 months ago

4 years 3 months ago

cross-cultural communication

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Chinese Skype privacy breech

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Use Skype? Here's a bit of a report and rundown of the recent news that Skype's Chinese partner was found to be storing the data (unsecured) of conversations deemed "sensitive"...

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