Free SkypeOut calls from the US and Canada to UK, Mexico and Japan on three weekends
[Full release here.](http://about.skype.com/2006/07/skype_announces_free_internati.html) Note that this applies only to the US and Canada. > Free SkypeOut calling to the United Kingdom, Mexico and Japan is available weekends July 15-16, July 22-23 and July 29-30, respectively. The free international SkypeOut calling… Read more
BREAKING NEWS: The Younger Generation Is Much, Much Smarter Than We Are
The SkypeCast system is fairly young, and we're always excited to hear from users who are catching on to its advantages. Enter 17-year old Josh Bolling, a Virginia resident who runs the online podcast Slash Dot Radio, a virtual… Read more
Come talk to Skype if you're in the Miami, New York or Los Angeles area
At Skype we are always looking for ways to make Skype even better and to continue to delight our users. One of the best ways to achieve this is to meet and talk to people like you. Skype is currently… Read more
Come talk to Skype if you're in the Miami, New York or Los Angeles area
At Skype we are always looking for ways to make Skype even better and to continue to delight our users. One of the best ways to achieve this is to meet and talk to people like you. Skype is currently… Read more
Skyping from hospitals
[The Estonian daily Postimees reports](http://www.postimees.ee/190606/tartu_postimees/205918.php) that Estonian hospitals are increasingly equipped with wifi networks so that the patients can use their time at hospital productively with a laptop. Makes total sense. All sorts of radio devices have historically been banned… Read more
Buy a polite phone call
Now here's an interesting auction on eBay. > Have you noticed how manners seem to have vanished in the last several years? Rudeness and vulgarity are the rule of the day. Well, I'm going to change that in your life… Read more
Availabot
[Cool Hunting reports](http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2006/07/availabot.php) that the design shop Shulze & Webb Ltd have [created Availabot](http://schulzeandwebb.com/2006/availabot/) that is "a physical representation of presence in Instant Messenger applications." > Currently, Availabot works with iChat on Mac OS X 10.4—but we’re looking to extend… Read more
On the Road
If Skype had existed when Jack Kerouac began his famous literary bounce across the United States, you can be sure that the Beat icon would've had a laptop in tow, eager to share his poetic exploits with friends and family… Read more
Stop! Hammer time
Do you remember dancing around to MC Hammer, in dangerously oversized trousers? I certainly do. Following the recent story in USA Today that MC Hammer plans to use Skypecasts, we are looking forward to hearing him host more Skypecasts "about… Read more
Skype Gift Days — July schedule
As in [June](http://blogs.skype.com/sites/en/2006/06/skype_gift_days_schedule_in_ju.html), we also have some Skype Gift Days for certain countries in July. A Gift Day means if you’re from one of the indicated countries and it’s one of these dates, you can log on to [Your Account](http://www.skype.com/go/myaccount)… Read more
