By Ron Duwell |
The Xbox One will allow Skype with the best living room camera available. It will be the only device which will allow widescreen group video chat. You can watch TV and movies and play games while talking to your friends face to face.…
By Brandon Russell |
A lawsuit was filed against Microsoft on Wednesday by a company asserting the Windows 8-maker is using encryption technology from the 90s in its Skype service. Web Conference Encryption, a subsidiary of Copytele, which is a patent monetization and assertion company, filed the suit in…
By Todd Haselton |
Skype calls can now be initiated directly from an Outlook.com inbox, Microsoft announced recently. The service is currently available in the United Kingdom but Microsoft said support will soon be available in the United States and in Germany. The company is billing the current service…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft’s Skype service is being investigated by French regulator Arcep on the grounds of failing to register as a wireless carrier. According to the New York Times, Arcep has repeatedly requested Skype declare itself a communications operator, but the company has thus far failed to…
By Todd Haselton |
Want to share a video message with your friends but can’t reach them on Skype? Worry no longer, the company announced a new video messaging feature (currently in beta) on Friday that allows Mac, Android and iOS users to share video clips with one another. Windows…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft confirmed back in November that it has plans to replace its Windows Live Messenger entirely with Skype, and that day is quickly approaching. According to The Verge, Microsoft will start to flip the switch on April 8, the day it will move all users from Windows…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new study, Skype now accounts for one-third of all international phone traffic across the world. According to a new report from TeleGeography (PDF), the growth in Skype usage now sees the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider accounting for about one-third of all…
By Eric Frederiksen |
If you look way back in the depths of the internet to May 10, 2011, when news hit the internet that Microsoft had purchased Skype, the big words you see are things like “overvalued” and “why?” Since the purchase, little things have trickled out here…
By Todd Haselton |
Skype is offering unlimited and free global calls for a month to its existing customers. The trial must be redeemed by the end of the day today (November 15) and only applies to people who have been registered with Skype for more than 29 days.…
By Todd Haselton |
Hackers recently discovered that anyone was able to reset the password for a Skype user’s account, allowing them to quickly and easily gain access to the VoIP service. Now, Microsoft, which owns Skype, has pulled the password reset page, which provides an easy albeit temporary…
By Todd Haselton |
The iOS 6 version of Skype has been officially updated to support the larger 4-inch display on the iPhone 5. Prior to today, the application showed borders along the top and bottom of the screen, which was a bit frustrating since it didn’t provide an…
By Killian Bell |
Microsoft has released a preview version of its new Skype app for Windows Phone 8. Available to download now, the app is described as a “more complete incarnation” of Skype than that previously available to Windows Phone 7 users.…
By Todd Haselton |
A report surfaced yesterday that suggested Microsoft was planning to replace its Windows Live Messenger chat client with Skype, the VoIP client it acquired last May. “Skype and Messenger are coming together,” the company explained on its website. “Millions of Messenger users will be able to…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft is allegedly preparing to replace its Windows Live Messenger chat application with Skype chat, according to a report on Monday from The Verge. It’s a compelling change for the company, especially because we’re quite certain Microsoft powers the chat system in Windows Phone 8′s…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore took the stage during a Windows Phone 8 keynote today and announced that Pandora for Windows Phone 8 will be available in early 2013. The best part? Microsoft will offer a year of free Pandora service, without ads, for anyone who downloads…
By Todd Haselton |
Skype already runs fine on Windows 8. I’ve been running it for weeks without issue and most applications you have on Windows 7 will work just fine. It’s Windows RT that you have to worry about, and there seems to be a lot of confusion…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s finally October, meaning the release of Windows Phone 8 (and Windows 8!) is near. And to gear up for launch day, companies such as Nokia, HTC and Samsung will be ramping up marketing initiatives to raise awareness for upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices. In…
By Todd Haselton |
Skype on Tuesday updated its iOS application for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch with a new photo sharing options and performance enhancements. The photo sharing options allows users to share a photo during a Skype chat. There isn’t a size limit to the photo…
By Brandon Russell |
Skype, one of Microsoft’s biggest assets, is unsurprisingly receiving the Modern UI treatment in preparation for Windows 8’s arrival. Neowin managed to acquire a leaked version of the app, and graciously captured screens to show off how it looks in action. As expected, it’s very…
By Killian Bell |
Digia has announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Qt (pronounced “cute”) software technologies and Qt business from Nokia for an undisclosed fee. Following its takeover, Digia plans to “quickly enable” Qt on the Android, iOS, and Windows 8 platforms, according…
By Todd Haselton |
Yahoo’s former head of marketing Elisa Steele has joined Skype as the company’s chief marketing officer. Steele originally left her post at Yahoo back in December, where she worked under former CEO Carol Bartz, long before Marissa Mayer was named as the company’s new chief…
By Killian Bell |
Skype has acknowledged a concerning bug that is causing some messages to be sent to unintended contacts. Users on the Skype Support Network are reporting that friends in their contacts list are receiving some messages that were originally intended for them, and in some cases,…
By Brandon Russell |
Rumors suggesting Microsoft was in talks to purchase Yammer were true. The Redmond-based company on Monday announced it has acquired the four year-old company, which currently provides enterprise social networks to more than 5 million corporate users, for $1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will join…
By Todd Haselton |
Skype announced Monday that its Android application is the most popular video chat service on Android and that the application has now been downloaded more than 70 million times. The app is also available for more than 1,384 different Android devices and in 16 different…
