Category: Skype
Microsoft contractors ‘can listen to Skype calls via translation function’
Microsoft contractors are able to listen to some conversations that go through Skype’s translation function, a report has claimed. While the tech giant states in its policies that it may […]
Skype adds background blurring so you don’t have to tidy your room!
Skype users are now able to blur out their backgrounds with a new feature rolling out on the Microsoft-owned app this week. The feature uses artificial intelligence to keep the […]
Over 20 million Brits will use video-chat services to speak to relatives this Xmas
OVER 20 million Britons will use video-chat services like Skype to speak to friends and relatives this Christmas, with the vast majority saying these are people they would otherwise have […]
Skype getting a makeover for Windows 10
Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, has announced that it will be tightly integrated into Microsoft’s new Messaging client in Windows 10 – so when you upgrade it is going […]
Could Skype be about to blow our minds with its translator?
Microsoft, which owns Skype, has just released the following advert offering a glimpse of the future: The clip shows two school kids talking to each other by Skype. So far, […]
Microsoft is taking Skype directly into web browsers
Microsoft has today announced Skype for Web Beta – a version of the voice and video chatting app that will work in your web browser. Announcing it on the Skype […]
Microsoft launches Skype Qik video messenger
Remember Qik? The video streaming app has been reborn as a messaging service in the mould of WhatsApp. The difference? This time you have to communicate using video. According to […]
Tesco takes aim at Skype with international calls app
Not satisfied with trying to be the UK's number one supermarket ahead of Sainsburys, Morrisons and Waitrose, Tesco is now aiming its sights at voice-over-IP service Skype. The grocery chain has launched its own own low-cost calling app, The Tesco…
Skype to translate audio in real time – the future has arrived!
Microsoft CEO Satyna Nadella has dropped a bit of a bombshell: later this year Skype will be getting real-time audio translation on Windows 8.1. For real. How space-age is this? The idea is that you will be able to hold…
Now you can snap Skype on Xbox One
Good news for Xbox One owners who want to be able to make calls and game at the same time – the most recent update to Skype for the system lets you snap Skype to the side of the screen…
