+99 product for voice services maintenance

As part of our growth strategy we are looking at products that we have already launched since before and want to realize the full potential of them.

One of the products we are looking into right now is the +99 product for voice services. This product used to be used mostly as a test platform and also for free services. However we realize it can be used in many different ways and we are looking into expanding its reach by using it for paid for services as well.

As part of this expansion, we will need to update a database. This update should go smoothly but as the case is in most technical projects, things could also jam. Therefore we want to ask all partners that are currently running services/projects with us using the +99 range to make a list of their number ranges and get back to us so we can update our information accordingly and also make sure their services do not get interrupted during our database update.

We would also like to have a contact person to monitor the numbers at the partners end and report to us as soon as any disruption is detected.

Skype contact: Rouzbeh Pasha and/or Antoine Bertout

Skype for Business Showcase in Stockholm, Sweden

On Wednesday, May 14th, the Skype for Business team is hosting an open-house showcase in the Skype Stockholm office.

Virtually the whole product range is presented and you can try the Skype certified products and get help to understand how Skype can be used in your business.

Also if you want to develop a solution around Skype or for Skype, our team will be happy to explain and present the Route to Market for Partners. Actually, one of our key partners: Pamela will be presenting their recent Skype certified Fax solution for Skype.

Stop by Katarinavägen 5, by Slussen between 13.30 and 16.30 and say hi to the whole team!

PS. We are keen to meet our customers and get your feedback!

Skype sponsors Python Developer Conference (sold out)

After the successful “PyCon Uno” in 2007, Skype is happy to support and sponsor the second Python Conference in "Firenze" Italy (happening in Florence).

Agenda:

Friday 9th, 16:00 – Palazzo Vecchio Salone de' Cinquencento

Opening ceremony with Richard M. Stallman (founding and philosophical leader of the "Free Software" movement) will give a speech about free software and its ethics.
Lucia De Siervo, member of the local government of Florence, will give the opening speech.

The event is open to the public and to the press. So please join us!!

Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th – Hotel Laurus

Speaking tour, held by Italian most famous experts and international fame guests. About 300 participants were expected, among students, experts, businessmen and
professors.

Fortunately we will be 350... so the event is sold out, sorry!

We invited Arkadiusz to give a talk on his Skype4Py binding, which will provide also a larger overview and insight of the whole Skype API.

We hope to see you there and meet Python developers.

Vedali presto!

Time to Join Skype at the eBay DevCon

Time’s running out – this year again Skype is happy to join the annual family event: eBay DevCon - Chicago USA - June 16-18 !!!

The eBay DevCon is, as I say, like a family dinner, you don't miss it or you should not because you can meet the new girlfriend of your cousin, see for the first time your uncle Steve's new baby!

In other word, register now before April 30 and you’ll save $245 and you can save the dance with us already!

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Skype meeting Vapps and partners in NYC

When: Monday, December 10th, 4PM - 7PM

Where: SOHO House, 29 9th Ave # 35, New York, NY, USA Map here

Who: In attendance, Peeter “wolli” Mõstküla, interim head of Skype Developer Program, Antoine Bertout, Partners Relation Manager and several key partners, like our host, Vapps. This is your chance to get behind-the-scenes with some of Skype's key third party applications and a chance to check out some of the latest Skype partners products, understand the partnership route to market and meet our partners who continue to extend the Skype platform.

Why: Skype staff invites your thoughts and feedback. The Skype Developer Program is navigating a clear Roadmap for 2008 with a key focus on sustaining our partnerships and our ecosystem while planning for the coming year.

What: Skype and partners presentations and discussions will be accompanied with drinks and light food.

RSVP:
Antoine Bertout

Last but not least, Asian Partners Congress in Tokyo, come and meet SDP

When: Friday, October 5th, 1PM - 7PM

Where: Muitsui HQ, 2-1 Ohtemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan

Who: In attendance, Paul Amery, Director of Skype Developer Program, Sten Tamkivi, General Manager, eCommerce and Skype Estonia, and Ubion INC, Skype software partner integrator, as well as several partners behind some of the Skype key's third party applications and mash-ups.

Why: We want to give you the chance to check out some of the latest Skype partners products, show off the winning mash-ups, and give you the chance to meet partners extending the Skype platform. Also, Skype staff will be delighted with your views and feedback.

What: Partners presentations and discussions will be followed with buffet and drinks. Here is the agenda of the event.

RSVP:
Antoine Bertout

Open House BBQ, 27th September, Skype Inn, San Jose

When: Thursday, September 27th, 3 - 5 PDT

Where: Skype Inn, 2055 Hamilton Ave., San Jose, CA 95125

Who: In attendance, Paul Amery, Director of Skype Developer Program, and Don Albert, general manager and VP of Skype North America, as well as several partners behind some of the Skype key's third party applications and mash-ups.

Why: We want to give you the chance to check out some of the latest Skype partners products, show off the winning mash-ups, and give you the chance to meet partners extending the Skype platform. Also, Skype staff will be delighted with your views and feedback.

What: Discussion will be accompanied with drinks and a BBQ on the outdoor porch of the Skype Inn

RSVP:
Jennifer Caukin
Ali Croft

PamFax wins Skype Mashup Cup 2007

Skype announced yesterday that the overall winning entry in their 2007 Mashup Competition is PamFax from PamConsult. A mashup is a software application or service that combines data from more than one source into an integrated experience. It has paralles in the hip-hop music practice of mixing two or more songs.

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Skype Partners night in Prague (13/09/07)

When: Thursday, September 13th, 6.30 - 9.30 PM

Where: Prague office, Radlická 2, Praha 5 - Smíchov

Who: In attendance, Paul Amery, Director of Skype Developer Program, Sten Tamkivi, General Manager, eCommerce and Skype Estonia, as well as several partners and beta testers behind some of the Skype key's third party applications and mash-ups.

Why: We want to give you the chance to check out some of the latest Skype partners products, show off the winning mash-ups, and give you the chance to meet partners extending the Skype platform. Also, Skype staff will be delighted with your views and feedback.

What: Partners presentations and discussions will be accompanied with buffet and drinks in the Skype building Atrium.

RSVP:
Antoine Bertout

London girl geeks 2nd anniversary (Mashup J-10)

As August is ending, we have few announcement for you! On the 16th of August, Skype was delighted to host the 2nd Anniversary of the London Geek girls association (150 attendees and a lot of passionate debates and fun).

I wanted also as I said in the video, to remind you that the Mashup competition is ending soon (31st of August) and you better make sure you will submit your application on time to the jury!

We have three main events coming, so please stay tuned!

Mashup kick off!

I remember, when I was an IT student, I was waiting so much for the summer holiday that now I could miss this feeling sometimes. I'm sure you remember: spending night after night working on coding and development to make sure projects were submitted on time; by the end of June we all end up looking like

However, I recall now that only a month later I was already looking for something fun to develop with friends and I would have loved to play around with all these APIs (Skype, eBay, PayPal, Twitter, facebook, GoogleMaps, MySpace).

As we had our first Skype Night in London two months ago (Meet and Greet) , we heard that developers would like to see some mashups competition sponsored by Skype, eBay, PayPal and some other quite famous companies too . So your wish is our command - we present the Skype mashup competition!

To make it short, the one core part we need to see is a Skype element but I invite you to read more about the competition in our Mashup wiki page. The competition will run from the 1st of July to the 31st of August. The Sep 13th, the jury will welcome all developers to join us for the Skype Night at our Prague office.

For the moment, I would encourage you to join our Public chat, to collaborate by sharing what you know about any API you like and then it will be time to develop during the next two months what you would like to see. Also at the end of the period, I'm happy to share with you that we've just opened a new Mashup, Web & Remote channel in our Extra Gallery, where we would like you to submit all your Skype mashup until end of August.

Remember, Skype API is:

Free to use (as in
) with commercial and non-commercial applications.

We, Skype, are all looking forward supporting your concept and of course meeting you in September. Just enjoy your vacations
and come back to say Hi!

Calling all developers: Mashup with Skype!!

Starting today, Skype invites you to build and demonstrate innovative, exciting, useful and even down-right weird Mashups.

With over 450 API programs in existance today listed in programmableweb website, there are countless combinations. And of course all the news Mashups will be listed there too.

The one core part we need to see a Skype element. The competition will run until August 31st, and on the Sep 13th we will welcome all developers to join us for two days in Prague (Skype developers days).

At the moment and until the 1st of July (new blog post coming), we invite you to join our Public chat about Skype Mashup.

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ebaydevcon 2007: done

eBay Developers Conference 2007 is history. Compared to the last year's event in Vegas, I noticed a few differences in Boston.

First (as this is a Skype developer blog), Skype was no longer the "most beautiful girl on the dancefloor", but an equal member of the eBay family just as PayPal and marketplaces. While in Vegas we held the lab sessions and manned a booth, this year we just gave our presentations -- and, of course, talked and listened to a lot of people. By the way, all the slide decks are available for download and may be used under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license.

Second, although the number of attendees was probably a bit smaller than last year, the presentations and the audience seemed to be a bit more focused. And if I have to choose between quantity and quality, then... well, you know I run our software certification program, so this choice really is a no-brainer.

Finally (although this is probably not too significant in terms of world revolution), I just happen to like Boston much more than Vegas.

Key event - Meet Skype at Boston eBay Developers Conference

Skype Developer Program team will be getting out and about in Q2 and Q3 to talk and listen to you.

Please bookmark the new “Meet us” link updated on the DevZone, but here are some highlights:

Upcoming

* May 10, Skype London office: Meet and Greet (aka Skype Thursday)

Join the first Skype developer event ever organised in London. Subscribe!

Paul, the director of the SDP will be presenting a keynote speech, sharing insights into success development, and developing for Skype

* Global opportunities with Skype for partners
* Extras: distributing your applications to Skype users
* API & SDK: what we have to offer, what’s coming
* Skype toolbars: incorporating Skype functionality in your own products and solutions

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Skype Geek event in London

As summer is coming and we enjoy meeting colleagues and friends after work , we would like to raise to your attention that Skype is inviting you!

In fact, we are organizing a Meet and Greet at our London office (map).
This will take place Thursday May 10th from 5PM to 8PM and there will be no agenda just beautiful people who use Skype and/or work at Skype. It should be a non formal event, with food&drink plus few entertainments (pool, baby-football table, Xbox tournament).

Remember, Skype API is:

Free to use (as in beer) with commercial and non-commercial applications.

So now it is time to meet you. For the security of the event, we are requiring you to subscribe by mail:

* Your name
* Your company
* Your location
* Are you an existing Skype developer? (Y/N)

We, Skype, are all looking forward to meeting with you.

Just come over and say Hi!

[Done] Skypecast meeting request

We do have many new things we want to share with you relating to building Extras for Skype 3.0 then this is for you. This SkypeCast will be Audio and Video.

To watch the video you will need to visit this link note that Video feed is limited to 50 people and is provided by Webdialogs (thanks to them).

Comment: the link will be open tomorrow

The SkypeCast will take place on 22 March at 1:30 GMT, feel free to visit the SkypeCast page and join us.

During this SkypeCast we will cover :

* Building Skype Extras
* Collecting Payments From Users
* Revenue Opportunities
* Q&A

Looking forward meeting you guys

Developers extravaganza with 3.0 beta

With the new Skype 3.0 Beta release this week, developers are waking up with a bunch of good news.

The release includes the following long-awaited features:

* Skype extras (plug-in) framework provides a streamlined process to publish extras to the Extras gallery. Users can find, install, and launch extras from Skype client menus and in the Extras Manager.

* Call transfer APIs enable you to develop call routing applications for Skype.

Developers have been asking for these features for a long time and we are delighted to deliver both of these important innovations in one release.

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Sh...! Skype is silent for our developers now

As Jaanus announced the latest Public Beta released for 2.6, we are glad to tell you that this includes a great new API command:

SET SILENT_MODE {ON |OFF}

This simple command offers powerful opportunities to develop games and other applications to use Skype without interruptions from the client by hiding and showing the Skype UI

We have also published at the end of September, the Skype Developer newsletter: first ever edition

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Legos, Kid Lucky and the Skype screensaver at the eBay Developers Conference

Skype is wrapping up at the eBay Developers Conference. This was our first big developer event. We still got some unconference sessions to go on Monday, but the bulk of the work is done.

We haven't blogged that much about it, since we've been really packed at days with meetings, booth work, sessions, networking and anything else that goes on at such events. The developer community interest in Skype has been really great and it's been a great venue for us to talk with Skype developers as well as folks from eBay, Paypal, Skype and the larger eBay developer community. Thanks to everyone who took their time to work with us to provide their feedback, comments, questions, play in the labs with Skype API.

We'll follow this up with our own summaries soon. Meanwhile, check out the [Devcon website](http://www.ebaydevcon.com/), [blog](http://www.ebaydevcon.com/blog/) and [the Chatter](http://www.ebaychatter.com/) for other views. You can find all the materials and presentations on the event site.

Some fun bits...

* sorry to all those who wanted a Skype developer zone t-shirt after we ran out of those. They were quite popular, but since somehow a large part of them was shipped to Kentucky (?!?!??!?? don't ask), we'll receive them after the conference is over
* there was a Lego competition during one of the lunches where you had to build... anything. Skype was also featured in some of the productions. Thanks guys. Our favourite one is below.
* Lenn kicked off his part of the keynote with the [Kid Lucky](http://www.skype.com/share/stories/music-to-my-mouth/) video. It was fun playing it to the nearly 800 folks present. Hopefully this illustrated what Skype is first and foremost all about -- people talking to other people, and everything else comes after that.