Skype's future applications for Windows Phone and Facebook may create deeper, richer experiences for users, according to the communications company, as its partnerships with those companies begin to unfold.

The Luxembourg-based video communications company intends to create more Skype integration with Microsoft products, including Windows Phones and Xbox consoles, as well as roll out a set of communication-related offerings via Facebook.

Skype already has a number of apps...

Amazon's new Cloud Reader Kindle app deals a direct hit to Apple, as more companies seek to avoid paying hefty commissions to the tech giant on purchases made through iOS apps.

The Seattle-based e-seller's Kindle Cloud Reader is a Web-based HTML 5 app that lets iPad users read Amazon e-books on a browser without having to download the native Kindle app. The app lets readers save 50 megabytes of online books for offline reading, allowing frequent flyers and others to enjoy a good novel...

Motorola is open to developing phones that run Windows Phone OS, as Microsoft's mobile platform begins to gain momentum.

Chief executive Sanjay Jha said the Libertyville, Ill.-based company would build handsets that run Windows Phone OS if it could strike a deal with Microsoft similar to the one the software giant made with Nokia.

Jha's comments are a bit of a departure from his February statement that Motorola intended to focus completely on Android. The CEO maintains the...

Facebook is working with California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to close the accounts of inmates, after hundreds of complaints alleged that prisoners posted status updates and contacted victims using the social network.

California corrections officials announced the Facebook partnership earlier this week, saying the measure should help protect the public against incidents like the case of a convicted child molester, who viewed social media pictures of his victim and...

LightSquared cannot operate its high-speed wireless network if it affects aviation GPS systems, federal regulators said, which may pose problems with the company's recent deal with Sprint to expand services.

The FCC has been looking into LightSquared's service since earlier this year, and on Wednesday insisted the investigation is far from over.

"We're not going to do anything that creates problems for GPS safety and service as we explore technical solutions that will both...

Apple recently filed a patent infringement case against Motorola's Xoom in addition to its lawsuit against Samsung, as the company continues to battle rivals over intellectual property rights.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company alleges the Xoom infringes on its iPad design, though whether Apple seeks to ban the tablet in the EU remains unknown. The suit...

It didn't take long. The "flash mob" phenomenon, in which virtual strangers used social media to come together unexpectedly in dance routines or zombie stumbles in public places, had just become fodder for a wireless carrier television commercial and a short lived reality show when something more sinister began happening.

Is This Thing On?, or ITTO, is our Wednesday column showing how...