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Windows 8 Will Let You Make Phone Calls?

By Kwame Opam Published September 19, 2011, 8:51 am ET

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Will your new Windows 8 slate be a giant phone come 2012? Screens from last week’s BUILD conference seem to indicate that. How it’ll be implemented is hazy—VOIP or Windows Live notifications—but it’s a good bet Microsoft’s recently-bought Skype will be a BIG part of it.

https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-todays-windows-8-news-5839790

[istartedsomething via This Is My Next]

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