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[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

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

.. is over for this time. [Read more about the Free Skype Days](http://www.skype.com/go/linked?campaign=freedays0705), and then [tell other people.](/recommend/)… Read more

We have a very active French community among Skype staff. And as July 14 (whoops… had June 14 here initially, thanks guys for pointing it out) is an important day for France (why? well go read the history books ),… Read more

A good [collection of tips'n'tricks](http://www.rds.com/blogs/doug/index.php/archives/2005/07/14/interviews-via-skype) of how to use Skype for interviews. We're happy to see that Skype keeps improving and giving folks reasons to revisit their earlier decisions. > It has been a long-standing rule here at IT… Read more

Developers who want to keep up with the latest happenings, plans, releases, and news from Skype and the Skype Developer Zone have a new resource. With the launch of the [Skype Developer Blog](/share/developer_blog/), we want to raise the frequency and… Read more

Do you remember [the story on BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4572215.stm) about the Internet-enabled Amazon adventurer Duane DeFreitas? The story started to interest me, so I tracked him down for an interview. And he was kind enough to share us an image from his… Read more

We take a look at how contact importing to Skype works. This is especially useful if you are just starting on Skype and don't yet have many friends on Skype, but have built up contact lists in your e-mail programs… Read more

As the banner on [skype.com front page](http://www.skype.com) says, today is our first Free SkypeOut Day. So just go to [My Account page](http://www.skype.com/go/myaccount) and get your free credit. This offer lasts for 24 hours. UPDATE: the first Free SkypeOut Day is… Read more