Designs for moderator controls
It's been a while since the last Skypecasts blog post, since we've been slaving away on some new controls for moderators and participants: Listening: Waiting to speak: Speaking: Hosting: Hopefully these give you an idea of how the new controls… Read more
Admin: trackback spam and moderation
Due to boringly excessive amount of trackback spam, we've turned on trackback moderation on all the blogs and microsites hosted here (you see the list in the sidebar on the right). So if you post a trackback and don't see… Read more
Introducing Heartbeat
We now have a new site, the [Skype Heartbeat](http://heartbeat.skype.com). The objective of Heartbeat is to be a no-nonsense location where you can see the status of the Skype infrastructure components that support all the free and paid features. There are… Read more
A developer in the bush
Mihkel is a Skype developer. Working on the Mac version, no less. He's travelling a bit with his mobile office. A Skype friend in Italy did this mini-interview with him. **Mihkel, is this you first time in Italy?** Nope, that's… Read more
Skype for Mac with video coming up — but don’t use the buggy version
Video support for Skype for Mac will be one of our major acts this year. You can tell that by just taking a look at our various blog posts and the comments here, especially in the Mac blog. Whatever we… Read more
Skype for Linux 1.3 beta
Skype for Linux 1.3 beta is now available. There wasn't a new Linux version since the end of last year and I didn't really want to post anything until there was something available for you to actually download and use…. Read more
Skype corner at Heathrow Airport
We have a joint demonstration area with Sony & Intel at Heathrow Airport. The stand will be at departure area of Heathrow Terminal 1 until the 3rd of August this year. If you’re passing through, please drop by the stand…. Read more
Get 15% discount on Skype plugin KishKish SAM
[KishKish SAM](http://www.kishkish.com/sam/) (Skype Answering Machine) is one of the earliest Skype plugins. They are now running a [promo](http://www.kishkish.com/sam/buy.php?txt) where you can get 15% off SAM until the 4th of July. You know… Uncle Sam and all that. Oh and see… Read more
Employee motivation
Skype folks are so busy delighting our users that we get to pack almost half a week into one single day: We love to work hard, but Ants, our developer support technician, decided to take a few days off. On… Read more
The "Skype edition" notebook from Packard Bell
We announced the world's first [Skype edition notebook with Packard Bell](http://about.skype.com/2006/06/packard_bell_skype_announce_th.html) yesterday. It has a Skype calling button right next to the integrated webcam at the top of the display. You can see some buttons there on the photo and… Read more
