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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 analyse audio recordings to improve translations, it does not make clear that humans may be listening in, according to Motherboard. Microsoft says it gets permission…
7th August 20198th August 2019 Chris Price News, Skype

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 focus on people in video calls, detecting harder to identify elements such as hair, hands and arms to provider a slicker looking appearance on video.…
7th February 20197th February 2019 Chris Price Artificial Intelligence, News, Skype

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 no face-to-face contact with at all. An new poll for the Internet Association reveals that 40 per cent of British adults say they will use…
21st December 2018 Chris Price Skype

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 to look a bit different to how it does now. In fact, some would say it might look eerily similar to Apple's own iMessage app…
23rd January 2015 James O'Malley Apps, Microsoft, Skype, Windows

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, so ordinary - but one is speaking English, and the other Spanish... and they can understand and speak in real time, thanks to Skype's new…
16th December 2014 James O'Malley Apps, Microsoft, Skype

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 blog, the app is only available to a select few at the moment, though will be rolling out to everyone soon. The web app does…
14th November 2014 James O'Malley Skype, Web 2.0, Websites

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 UberGizmo Skype Qik can record up to 42 seconds per message, and doesn't need to process before sending. Apparently if the recipient doesn't have the…
14th October 201417th November 2019 James O'Malley Apps, Mobile phones, Skype

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…

17th June 2014 Stuart Skype, Wi-Fi

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…

28th May 2014 James O'Malley Microsoft, Skype

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…

20th May 2014 James O'Malley Skype

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