Skype Blogs

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

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

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

[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

Make cheap calls to Antarctica Skype is reportedly being used from an Antarctican station to keep in touch with the rest of the world. See the related scenery. photo from flickr.com… Read more

The German Skype forum http://www.skypeforum.de recently held a contest of Skype pictures. They asked the users to create images that had anything to do with Skype while being cool and/or funny and/or serious. We supported them with some SkypeOut and… Read more

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