Skype Blogs

The Skypiquette doesn't really exist yet. (Indicated also by the fact that the word turns up nothing in Google.) So let's create it. As etiquette describes how to behave in daily real-life social situations and netiquette does the same on… Read more

Skype Chat (some people call it "Instant Messaging", but doesn't "chat" sound much nicer and cleaner?) is the hidden gem of Skype. True, Skype is first and foremost about calling. But there are many times when you'd want to use… Read more

Folks in our secret undercover engineering labs were kind enough to let me play with our recent WiFi phone prototype. We're working with many companies on a wild variety of hardware concepts and the WiFi phone is just one example…. Read more

Skype is taking over the Japanese retail world. Wherever you step in, you see counters like this…. Read more

I heard we have another SkypeOut Gift Day coming, and this time it's on the weekend! So you don't need to get distracted from your daily business just to go get your gift, but can take your time and do… Read more

"Skype" and "art" are not words we've seen together before, I think. But there's an exhibition in Tallinn, Estonia right now where among other things Skype icons are on display. This exhibition called "Personality" itself is organized by Estonian Graphic… Read more

It's the first birthday of SkypeOut today. As [the news from a year ago](http://www.skype.com/company/news/2004/skype1.html) said: > July 27, 2004. Today Skype launched its free, Skype for Windows Version 1.0 software, which includes SkypeOut, enabling Skype users to pre-pay and call… Read more

We've just made a change to SkypeOut that allows you to call toll-free numbers in several countries free of charge, even if you don't have SkypeOut and don't ever plan to buy it. (If you DO have SkypeOut, those calls… Read more

It's been quiet here on the interviews front for a while, but let's change that and bring you another Featured Skyper — Andy Abramson. He's been following Skype, VoIP and technology in a broader sense longer than a lot of… Read more

There are many hazards we may encouter. Some are caused by evil intentions of humans. Others, often causing more damage but largely going unnoticed, are natural ones, such as earthquakes in Japan. [Here's a very recent example](http://nifty.amikai.com/amiweb/browser.jsp?display=2&f_color=009933&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffmobile.nifty.com%2Finfo%2F2005%2F07%2Fskype_9521.html&display=&c_id=nifty&langpair=JA%2CEN) of how Skype… Read more