Skype Blogs

News, stories, and updates from Skype

[Fixed] Privacy vulnerability in Skype for Android

20 April 2011: This vulnerability has been fixed. Please update Skype on your Android device. It has been brought to our attention that, were you to install a malicious third-party application onto your Android device, then it could access the… Read more

Virtual Passover and Easter Meals

Are you celebrating Passover or Easter next week? With loved ones spread around the world, many families are now using Skype video calling to celebrate these special times together, despite the distance. With the family gathered around the table for… Read more

Updates on Skype for Mac

Two things worth reading: Our head of consumer products, Rick Osterloh, gives an update on our plans for Skype on the Mac platform. Our theme design competition is now open. Check ‘em out!… Read more

Skype Named Webby Awards 2011 Finalist: Cast your vote today!

The Webby Awards are a leading international award that honors excellence on the Internet such as interactive advertising, Websites, online film and video. Last year, the Webby Awards received close to 10,000 entries from over 60 countries worldwide. This year,… Read more

When Skype Met The Stage

Are you ready? Two theatre venues in separate countries, with actors and audiences, tethered by Skype to present one simultaneous and highly interactive, trans-media, trans-atlantic play, all live streamed to the web, and responding to the input of tweets… Read more

A lesson from abroad: How two global classrooms used Skype to learn

Two different continents–one learning experience. For the Villa Maria schools in Immaculata, PA and Santiago, Chile, this was the reality when the schools came together for an engineering lesson over Skype video call. Villanova University professor Dr. David Dinehart taught… Read more

Skype named Best Money Saving Mobile App by Carphone Warehouse Appy Awards

We're in celebration mode here at Skype after receiving some great news last night. Thanks to voters in the Carphone Warehouse Appys Awards in the UK, Skype's mobile apps for iOS, Android and Symbian were named Best Money Saving App…. Read more

Getting to Know Skype Manager

Hello. My name is Mart "Tram" Abramov, and I am one of the product managers here for Skype Manager. Since the launch of Skype Manager in May 2010, we have received a lot of feedback and responses from our users…. Read more

Skype 5.3 for Windows: Improved received video quality on calls with mobiles and quality improvements

We have just released Skype 5.3 for Windows. For this release, we've spent the majority of our time improving Skype's call quality, and have fixed a number of bugs. We would recomend to upgrade now and let us know… Read more

Skype 2.2 Beta for Linux

Skype 2.2 Beta for Linux, codenamed ‘Access Granted’, is here and brings Skype Access to our Linux users. Skype Access lets you connect to over 500,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide using your Skype Credit. We’ve improved audio and video quality and… Read more

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