Skype Blogs

I heard we have another SkypeOut Gift Day coming, and this time it's on the weekend! So you don't need to get distracted from your daily business just to go get your gift, but can take your time and do… Read more

"Skype" and "art" are not words we've seen together before, I think. But there's an exhibition in Tallinn, Estonia right now where among other things Skype icons are on display. This exhibition called "Personality" itself is organized by Estonian Graphic… Read more

It's the first birthday of SkypeOut today. As [the news from a year ago](http://www.skype.com/company/news/2004/skype1.html) said: > July 27, 2004. Today Skype launched its free, Skype for Windows Version 1.0 software, which includes SkypeOut, enabling Skype users to pre-pay and call… Read more

We've just made a change to SkypeOut that allows you to call toll-free numbers in several countries free of charge, even if you don't have SkypeOut and don't ever plan to buy it. (If you DO have SkypeOut, those calls… Read more

It's been quiet here on the interviews front for a while, but let's change that and bring you another Featured Skyper — Andy Abramson. He's been following Skype, VoIP and technology in a broader sense longer than a lot of… Read more

There are many hazards we may encouter. Some are caused by evil intentions of humans. Others, often causing more damage but largely going unnoticed, are natural ones, such as earthquakes in Japan. [Here's a very recent example](http://nifty.amikai.com/amiweb/browser.jsp?display=2&f_color=009933&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffmobile.nifty.com%2Finfo%2F2005%2F07%2Fskype_9521.html&display=&c_id=nifty&langpair=JA%2CEN) of how Skype… Read more

We have great investors. Not only did they fund Skype, but they work a lot with us on a daily basis, giving us tons of great ideas and installing latest off-the-press untested alpha builds that tend to break computers sometimes… Read more

In light of the recent [Niklas and Tim Draper videocall](/blog/products_and_services/skype%27s_video_had_its_first_live_public_test…_and_passed/), here's another aspect to it: the cost of doing the interview over Skype videocall. (And commenting on [Skype Journal's](http://www.skypejournal.com/blog/archives/2005/07/skype_shares_th.php) "(I expect that the connection and bandwidth had no limitations and… Read more

[The United Nations is reportedly deploying Skype in some agencies](http://www.amitranjan.com/archives/30). A big thing for us, no matter how big or small the actual extent of the deployment is. We're proud to help their work in improving the world. > My… Read more

Skype’s Niklas Zennström and board member Tim Draper just finished an hour-long interview from Skype’s engineering office to a conference for 200 people at [www.alwayson-network.com](http://www.alwayson-network.com) in Stanford, California. They used Skype video and their pretty faces were beamed up on… Read more