Cricket Teams Settle Playoff Match over Skype
Scotland is known for many things but good weather is not one of them. While the Scots pride themselves on being tougher than their climate, the popular sport of cricket is dependent on windows of dry weather between the inevitable… Read more
Four ways to bring remote workers closer
We've seen remote working pop up often in the news lately – like this article in Inc. magazine (based on a post on the HBR Blog Network) – and it's led us to take a closer look at this work… Read more
Skype for Android Quiz: Put your Skype talents to the test
Millions of people use Skype for Android every day to keep in touch. You might be one of them, but do you think you know Skype inside out, back to front? How about putting your Skype talents to the test?… Read more
Skype 2.9 for Android – improved Bluetooth support
We have released Skype 2.9 for Android with improved Bluetooth support. Start downloading the new version now from Google Play and let us know what you think on the Skype Support Network. In the new release, we have improved… Read more
4 questions on video interviewing with career expert Miriam Salpeter
As a small business owner, it's not always practical to bring people in to interview for open positions. You may be looking all over the country (or the world) for the right person, and getting them into the office can… Read more
Skype at the Republican National Convention
This week's 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay is billed as a "Convention Without Walls." William Harris, the event's CEO, describes the goal as "to use every available communications platform and technology to create a nationwide discussion." He continues,… Read more
Happy 9th Birthday, Skype
It was Alexander Graham Bell who invented the telephone and made the first call ever in 1876, and it was Motorola that invented the first cellular phone in 1973. It was Skype that joined in on these revolutionary moments in… Read more
The Advent of "Ambient Video"
A behavioral phenomenon that's growing in popularity among Skype users is something we like to call "Ambient Video." Some of our users are now leaving Skype video calls with their friends and family running nearly all the time. Interestingly, this is something we've also been doing internally at Skype for a number of years in order to connect our different offices with one another. We have TV screens placed near all the water coolers in our offices so that anyone in one office can see what's going on in any of our other offices around the globe via Skype Group Video Call. Read more
