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I’m excited that Josh Silverman has made it among the finalists for CEO of 2009 in the Crunchies awards. They’re hosted by GigaOm, TechCrunch and VentureBeat to recognise the best companies, products and people of the year. So if you… Read more

Russ Shaw is General Manager of our mobile business. As the year draws to a close, I thought I'd do two things – first, introduce myself to readers of our blog, and second, talk a little bit about our mobile… Read more

Jaan Kronberg leads Skype’s PSTN team – the people who deal with the magic that lets you make calls to landlines and mobiles from Skype. In his spare time, however, he likes to drive very, very fast. Where it… Read more

The beta version of Skype 4.2 is now available to download – bringing back call transfer and, most importantly, adding Skype Access. The impatient among you can download it right away, but you might like to read on to… Read more

Peace One Day aims to make free education materials available to every school on Earth, inspiring young people to act on Peace Day – the 21st September. As part of our partnership with Peace One Day, we’ve sponsored the… Read more

Find out more at the Phone Box Experiment website. Rob Cavazos is Skype’s newest recruit and will be living out by a phone box somewhere in the south of Spain for as long as he can take it. Inspired… Read more

We're excited to share the news that Skype's CEO, Josh Silverman, has been invited by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to deliver the keynote address of its annual Leaders in Technology Dinner (LIT), to be held at the 2010 International… Read more

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A quick update from our busy team of translators: over the weekend, we launched a new version of our Arabic website. You can now buy subscriptions and Skype Credit, and check up on the details of your account, all in… Read more

Great news – we’ve closed the deal with the new investors. The investor group is led by Silver Lake, and includes Andreessen Horowitz, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Joltid Limited and our founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis…. Read more