Skype for iPhone has been upgraded to include support for the multitasking capabilities of iOS4 .

VOiP clients Fring and Skype are engaged in a war of words over video calling and alleged service blocks. Of course, the real losers are the end users.

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Google has been very busy in the last couple of days. First came the rumors of Google’s venture into TV space with SmartTV .

Skype group video calling is here. The company has just released a new version of their desktop software that supports five-way video calls. At launch, this beta version of Skype is free to download and use for PC users.

“Right now I’m sitting in a very small yellow tent with my laptop, I’m holding a 50-watt light and we’re at 17,500 feet above sea level at Mount Everest base camp. The Sherpa staff is serving dinner,” says Elia Saikaly, a filmmaker and adventurer who is currently climbing the massive mountain as part of a huge social media campaign focused on education and philanthropy. Saikaly, who set out on his expedition in March, expects to reach the peak of Everest this month — and for the intrepid explorer, the climb is more about the journey than reaching the apex

During the first quarter of 2010, Facebook served up more banner ads than any other website, according to new data from comScore published in The Wall Street Journal . In total, the social networking site displayed 176.3 billion ads during the period, for an average of better than 50 billion ads each month. That total represents 16.2% of the total number of banner ads served across the entire web, and places the site ahead of the likes of Yahoo and Microsoft — the latter by nearly triple.

Oh, man, it’s just like one of those treacle-soaked romantic comedies: When one couple found themselves stranded in Dubai due to a pesky case of volcanic ash, they improvised and got married anyway… via Skype. Brit Sean Murtagh, 24, and 30-year-old Aussie Natalie Mead almost missed their wedding day after their plane was grounded in the wake of recent volcanic eruptions in Iceland

In a dense, 87-page report, Morgan Stanley analysts have charted the most important online trends and predicted the future of the Internet.

A non-profit organization called Reboot has a mighty challenge for you this Friday night: Power down your cellphone, let your FarmVille crops languish and sign out of Skype for a full 24 hours. What do you think: Can you hack a single day sans technology? We’re seen efforts of this nature before — remember when John Mayer wanted you to make like a Luddite for the first week of 2010?