New beta version brings High Quality Video
Wow, is that a ladybug on your shoulder? Check out our newest beta version with High Quality Video. Most of you know that free Skype video calling has been around for a while, giving friends and family the opportunity… Read more
JiWire Hotspot Finder is US winner of Skype's Mashup Cup 2007
The JiWire Hotspot Finder is a Skype Extra which lets you find Wi-Fi hotspots anywhere in the world through Skype. It searches over 140,000 hotspots in 134 countries — the most comprehensive database of hotspots in the world. You can… Read more
JiWire Hotspot Finder is US winner of Skype's Mashup Cup 2007
The JiWire Hotspot Finder is a Skype Extra which lets you find Wi-Fi hotspots anywhere in the world through Skype. It searches over 140,000 hotspots in 134 countries — the most comprehensive database of hotspots in the world. You can… Read more
PamFax takes the Skype Mashup Cup 2007
I'm writing this in Prague where Paul Amery, who heads the Skype Developer Program, last night announced the winning entry in Skype's 2007 Mashup Competition: PamFax from Germany-based PamConsult. A mashup is a software application or service that combines data… Read more
Three makes it eight
I've been told that the number eight is considered "good luck" among the Chinese. And why not? After all, 3, the mobile operator, has announced that its X-Series mobile-broadband package has now reached Ireland. Making it country number eight where… Read more
On the worm that affects Skype for Windows users
(updated at 16.30 GMT with Symantec reference) (update at 17.15 GMT: FSecure now calls the virus W32/Skipi.A. Symantec has named it W32.Pykspa.D.) (update at 9 am GMT on Sep. 11: Our security team is actively engaging with domain owners to… Read more
Mexico and Ireland get SkypeIn
Make cheap calls to Ireland It was about ten weeks ago when we last talked about new SkypeIn countries on this blog. Back then, we hit the sweet eighteen. SkypeIn countries, that is. Now, we've added two more. So you… Read more
Skype turns four, the fine young thing
Four years ago today, the first public beta version of a little piece of software was released upon an unsuspecting world. The screenshots above help beam us back to the late summer of 2003. (The same day the Inuit… Read more
The Microsoft connection clarified
Hello all, Yesterday, we posted an explanation of what happened to Skype on August 16. Some reactions to the explanation, however, have reminded us of one of the basic tenets of communication: It's not what you say. It's what they… Read more
What happened on August 16
(Posted at 5:35 AM GMT, updated first two paragraphs at 11:45 AM GMT) On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users'… Read more
