Introducing Lester Madden
Greetings to all of you! Let me introduce myself. I’m Lester Madden, and have recently joined the Skype fold to help Lenn Pryor and Mat Taylor run the developer programs here at Skype. Like Lenn I am also ex-Microsoft where… Read more
Skype opens IM and Presence to the world. Introducing SkypeWeb and SkypeNet
As part of celebrating our second year anniversary, Skype has a present to give back to the internet for all of the amazing support we have received from the internet community. We are announcing two new initiatives that make Skype… Read more
Steve Zhang
Sometimes we hear people think that Skype is a rockstar-only company and that you must have three PhD-s to work here. This is most certainly NOT the case. Many of us are just starting their career or are here for… Read more
150M downloads, 50M Skype Names
We just hit two cool numbers fairly close in time. Today we passed 150 million downloads, and a few days back, 50 million registered Skype Names. It has been argued about what numbers are useful to track for whatever purpose… Read more
Dick Schiferli
Today we feature a Skype developer community member — Dick Schiferli, the author of Skype's oldest and one of the most successful plugin [Pamela](http://blogs.skype.com/directory/pamela_basic/view/) (website at [pamela-systems.com](http://www.pamela-systems.com/)). A lot of interesting insight into what a developer expects from Skype, how… Read more
Skype Toolbars got their own page
The Skype Toolbars for Outlook and Internet Explorer that we've been working on for a while now, have now [their own page on skype.com](http://www.skype.com/products/skypetoolbars/). We've had a lot of requests for toolbars for more apps like Firefox, and those are… Read more
Customer registration for paid services
Since a few days ago, we require all customers to be registered in our web store when buying SkypeOut, SkypeIn or Skype Voicemail. In simple terms, it means that you cannot buy anything until you have confirmed your e-mail address… Read more
Mac OS X API now available
We are very pleased to announce the avialability of the Skype API for Mac OS X. To use this you should first.. Download the latest Skype for Mac. API is supported in version 1.0.0.46 or greater – so the… Read more
Come participate in Skype research groups!
Our user research people are putting together research groups that help us better understand who you, our users are and what you expect of Skype. Which services and initiatives interest you, which don't, which areas we can improve… that kind… Read more
Comparison of Skype with IM products
[A review published on CNet](http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-9237_7-6243313.html?tag=blog) highlights the main differences between Skype and other IM products offering Internet calls. Although the review is over two months old, nothing has radically changed in any of the contestants by now, so the table… Read more
