Skype Blogs

See the campaign we have with Coldplay. It runs until the end of February, but to increase your chance of winning, you'd better call right away. If you're lucky, you'll be able to talk to them in March. You… Read more

So enjoy. We fixed a lot of visible things… * sign in sometimes not working * some weird backslashes and formatting showing up and words "eaten" when commenting * developer zone feed not updating … plus the whole thing is… Read more

There was a major launch event today at Taipei, Taiwan, to launch the Taipei Wireless Network and [WIFLY](http://www.wifly.com.tw/) that were [discussed earlier this year](http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/02/taipeis_wifi_dr.html). Taipei's Major Ma made some Skype calls from the stage — see the photos below. Our… Read more

[Here's a chance to win a free webcam in the next two weeks.](http://www.skype.com/campaigns/giftcerts2005/) Just buy some [Gift Certificates](http://www.skype.com/go/help.faq.giftcertificates) and you automatically enter the lottery. Even if you already have a webcam, you can give this one to someone you care… Read more

Christmas is coming. (Pretty obvious by now.) To celebrate it, we're singing carols in some cities in the US. We're calling it the Skype Carol-oke. If you can, please join in! It will be great fun. See below for the… Read more

We just released new beta of Skype for Pocket PC. [Go get it.](http://www.skype.com/products/skype/pocketpc/) The last version of Skype for Pocket PC with any new features was released in April this year almost 8 months ago. So we certainly could hear… Read more

The [Skype web toolbars](http://www.skype.com/products/skypewebtoolbar/) just keep getting better. Here's a tip you might not know: you can [optimise your pages](http://www.skype.com/products/skypewebtoolbar/optimise.html) to display cool call buttons for phone numbers. > Here are some other reasons to optimise your pages: numbers will… Read more