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Tweet A UK-based ISP has decided to show that it’s possible to transfer data across a wet piece of string rather than copper wire. The experiment was just for fun and won’t be adopted by ISPs. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Microsoft Research has published a paper this week that introduces Secure Peer-to-Peer Acoustic NFC, which could let mobile devices transfer files via sound from a speaker to a microphone. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Yet another leaked screenshot from a pre-release build of Windows 8.1 shows how the upcoming free upgrade for Windows 8 will let users transfer settings via SkyDrive. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Microsoft offers up some answers to questions concerning the upcoming transfer of all of its desktop Live Messenger users to Skype, which will start one week from today on April 8th. Read more… Neowin

Tweet London-based Transferwise is potentially one of the most disruptive financial tech startups out there – the company offers cross-border money transfers with extremely low charges by exploiting a P2P-esque network of local payments – but its mechanism has always been a bit clunky to use. That’s changing, though, as the company has just enabled debit card payments. That may sound like a small change, but it’s pretty fundamental to…