Skype Blogs

News, stories, and updates from Skype

Comparison of Skype with IM products

[A review published on CNet](http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-9237_7-6243313.html?tag=blog) highlights the main differences between Skype and other IM products offering Internet calls. Although the review is over two months old, nothing has radically changed in any of the contestants by now, so the table… Read more

Skype in Antarctica

Make cheap calls to Antarctica Skype is reportedly being used from an Antarctican station to keep in touch with the rest of the world. See the related scenery. photo from flickr.com… Read more

The skypeforum.de Skype pictures contest

The German Skype forum http://www.skypeforum.de recently held a contest of Skype pictures. They asked the users to create images that had anything to do with Skype while being cool and/or funny and/or serious. We supported them with some SkypeOut and… Read more

Skypiquette

The Skypiquette doesn't really exist yet. (Indicated also by the fact that the word turns up nothing in Google.) So let's create it. As etiquette describes how to behave in daily real-life social situations and netiquette does the same on… Read more

Skype Chat tips and tricks

Skype Chat (some people call it "Instant Messaging", but doesn't "chat" sound much nicer and cleaner?) is the hidden gem of Skype. True, Skype is first and foremost about calling. But there are many times when you'd want to use… Read more

The WiFi phone prototype

Folks in our secret undercover engineering labs were kind enough to let me play with our recent WiFi phone prototype. We're working with many companies on a wild variety of hardware concepts and the WiFi phone is just one example…. Read more

Japanese retail takeover

Skype is taking over the Japanese retail world. Wherever you step in, you see counters like this…. Read more

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