Skype Blogs

News, stories, and updates from Skype

Skype 4.0 Gold for Windows

Today is the day. Skype 4.0 for Windows becomes the production version of Skype. Our engineers have been working long days and nights over the last two and a half years to make 4.0 a reality. Peter has written a… Read more

Skype for Linux updates

It's been a while since we last checked in to report on our progress with Skype for Linux, and I'm sorry to have kept you in the dark. Here are some of the things we've been up to: We've completely… Read more

Skype and LotusLive join forces

At IBM Lotusphere 2009, we’re previewing a new tie-up between Skype and IBM. Over the coming months, we’ll be integrating Skype into IBM’s new cloud services, LotusLive, making it quicker and easier for LotusLive users to collaborate online. If… Read more

Case Study: LuraTech

Get a feel for how Mark McKinney, Vice President of LuraTech makes the world smaller using Skype in his business environment by listening to his podcast interview on Takes On Tech. He enlightens us on the following subjects: Avoid jetlag… Read more

Your views on Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac

It’s always great to see so much feedback on new releases of Skype, and I’m particularly excited to see your comments about the two big new features in Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac, Skype Access and screen sharing. Dan York’s… Read more

Whoosh! Skype passes the 15 million online user milestone

In what I promise will be the last blog post for today, I bring you the news that we've just passed another Skype milestone. At approximately 1542 GMT, there were over 15 million Skype users online – a new record…. Read more

BBC makes its first Skype call from the air

Rory Cellan-Jones, the BBC’s technology correspondent, made a quick escape from the CES exhibition halls to try something new for the organisation – a live broadcast from a plane. Unfortunately, things didn’t go quite to plan: It was always… Read more

Skype for MIDs Beta

I'm happy to announce public beta release of Skype for MIDs. We introduced plans about developing Skype for the MIDs year ago at CES. You should start seeing Skype pre-installed on these ultra cool devices later this year, but in… Read more

Skype 4.0 Beta 3 for Windows hotfix

Today we are ready to ship to you an updated version of Skype 4.0 Beta 3 for Windows. With this update we have included some features from Skype 3.8 for Windows which have not yet been part of the 4.0… Read more

Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac: Skype Access and Screen Sharing

We know it’s been a while, but we’re finally ready to pull the wraps off Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac, our latest release for the Mac platform. To make up for the wait, we’ve included two exciting new features which… Read more

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