‘Pen pals’ who Skype make the world smaller
April 9, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
GRAND FORKS Standing in front of a computer screen, fifth-grader Hannah SnoBeck of Ben Franklin Elementary held up a page of her homework. Above her, the blurred image of students in Kongsvinger, Norway, filled a projection screen. Continue Reading
NEW YORK Microsoft has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history.
A Facebook and Skype scammer used the name and photo of a high-ranking Vermont National Guard general to steal $3,000 from a Canadian woman in what’s believed to be one of a number of frauds that exploit the authority of the military.
Lt. Col. Dave W. Konshok, who is 8,000 miles away serving with his U.S. Air Force Reserves unit in Afghanistan, had a visit with his fellow Park Rapids Rotarians this week using Skype Internet technology. 
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