Skype Blogs

News, stories, and updates from Skype

Skype Acquires GroupMe

08/21/2011 in Big Blog by

I'm delighted to announce we're acquiring GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services that helps users stay in touch and make decisions. This acquisition is another step towards our vision to provide a global multi-modal and multi-platform communications… Read more

Skype Wifi for iOS

08/18/2011 in Garage & Updates by

Skype WiFi, formerly known as Skype Access, has been available on all our desktop platforms. Today, we released Skype WiFi for iOS, so you can now use access public WiFi hotspots not only from your desktop but also on your… Read more

Skype video helps news gathering

08/18/2011 in Play Blog by

The world of news reporting has evolved tremendously over the past few years! As technological advances take place, people are able to share their stories with media in new and exciting ways. Thankfully, Skype has been there along the way… Read more

Skype WiFi – now available on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

08/17/2011 in Big Blog by

Skype WiFi (formerly known as Skype Access) is coming to iOS. We've just launched a new iOS application that's free to download from Apple's App store. With the new Skype WiFi app, you can go online on your iPhone, iPad… Read more

Skype 1.0 for iPad update

08/16/2011 in Garage & Updates by

Today we have released Skype for iPad update. Full release notes for the newly released build, 1.0.1538, are: Fixed Issues: Chat In rare cases, a full-screen chat windows appears and the left hand navigation panel disappears. Video Black screen… Read more

Skype is Everywhere: Will be available on Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation®Vita

08/16/2011 in Big Blog by

Today, we’re excited to announce that Skype will be enabling even more conversations with its upcoming availability on PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita). PS Vita users will have the opportunity to talk with friends and family around the globe with free Skype-to-Skype… Read more

A Bittersweet Wedding

08/15/2011 in Play Blog by

Quite often, I turn on the TV, flip through a magazine or local newspaper, and see stories about Skype. Whether it's an army husband watching his baby's birth from Iraq, a classroom having a virtual field trip, or a grandmother… Read more

Back to School Cool with Skype

08/11/2011 in Play Blog by

As much as I loved the summer growing up, there was something really fun about going back to school. As enjoyable as it was going to summer camp and the neighborhood pool, running into the local home office store after… Read more

Skype in the classroom just got a little bit better

08/11/2011 in Big Blog by

Over the last few months Skype in the Classroom has grown to a community of over 15,000 teachers who are collaborating on a wide variety of projects across the globe. During that period we've taken some time to sit back,… Read more

Behind the scenes of Skype emoticons

08/10/2011 in Play Blog by

When we launched Skype 5.5 for Windows a couple weeks ago, we unveiled new emoticons plus some freshly animated versions of our old favorites. We were excited to see people trying out the new emoticons and discovering the hidden… Read more

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