Category: Skype
Skype app for Windows Phone 7 almost ready
Skype for Windows Phone devices has neared completion, according to Microsoft's vice president of products Rick Osterloh. Revealing that the app" will be coming out soon", the video calling and VOIP application has long been a notable absentee on…
CES 2012: Samsung bringing Skype and Internet to your TV with InTouch
Samsung are looking to turn your regular HDTV into a web connected one with their newly-announced InTouch kit. Combining a Wi-Fi enabled Skype camera and unique QWERTY keyboard, it adds apps, high-definition video calling and the ability to browse the…
Spam Skype calls tricking users into virus downloads
An automated Skype call has been plaguing users of the video calling service over the last few days, encouraging them to download a dubious anti-virus program in order to protect themselves from non-existant threats. A computer-generated voice has been…
Second time lucky: Skype for iPad hits the App Store
First Skype giveth, then Skype taketh away. Then they… er… giveth backeth. The official Skype app has now gone live on the App Store, just hours after it was pulled by the developers. "To ensure your best Skype experience, we've…
Facebook adds in-browser video chat with new Skype partnership
Facebook and Skype have announced a new partnership that will see the pair join forces to bring video chat to the world's largest social network, alongside group chat. Via a downloadable plug-in, users will be able to video call…
Skype in 2011 = $8.5 billion, Apple in 2004 = $7.5 billion
Just a quick stat here pointed out by Daring Fireball's John Gruber, following Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of VoIP company Skype. Roll back a mere seven years and Microsoft could have bought Apple for that much money, and still got…
Have Microsoft bagged Skype? [UPDATE – Yes, they officially have]
Remember last week when we told you that both Facebook and Google were fishing with big-money lures in an attempt to catch voice and video chat service Skype? Well forget that; it seems Microsoft are now the front runners to…
Facebook and Google both chasing Skype
Facebook are said to be attempting either a takeover or partnership with popular VoIP firm Skype, a new report states. Figures of as much as $4bn have been bandied about by Zuckerberg's empire, should Reuters sources "with direct knowledge of…
Skype installs its first phone booth
Now this is an interesting concept – Skype phone booths. The project is underway – the first booth has been installed at Tallinn Airport in Estonia. Travellers can use the booths to place calls using Skype credit, in the…
Skype Rolls Out Low-Bandwidth Software For Humanitarian workers
Skype announced this week the launch of a bespoke, low-bandwidth version of their VOIP software, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The UNHCR-version of Skype, will be deployment across 120 hardship locations served by…
