"Virtual" Fantasy Baseball Draft with Group Video Calling
Today is Opening Day! It's the the beginning of a new Major League Baseball (MLB) season. While the real players hit the field today, fantasy baseball season has already been in full-swing, with baseball enthusiasts around the world busily drafting… Read more
A Cost-Effective Way To Gain a Competitive Advantage for the Enterprise
Businesses are always looking for a way to gain a competitive advantage. When it can be done at a huge savings in cost — and increase in employee morale — it is a real winner. One way that many… Read more
Skype is connecting teachers and classrooms across the globe
We've created a neat online tool to help teachers and their students connect with other educators and classrooms around the world. It's called Skype in the classroom. If you're a teacher, it's a place where you can connect with other… Read more
30 million people online on Skype
A few hours ago, Skype passed a new milestone. There were 30 million people, online on Skype, at the same time. As we cut the (blue) cake at Skype HQ, it’s a good opportunity to remind you that if there’s… Read more
Longer Playtime Courtesy of SILK
Almost two years ago to the day, we announced that we were making our SILK codec (the code that optimizes call quality) available to our developers, for free. It's been a fun and interesting couple of years since and we've… Read more
Customise Skype for Mac in our theme design competition
Calling all designers! This is your opportunity to customise Skype for Mac. We’ve just launched our chat style competition to kick things off. When we first launched our new Mac app, we were delighted to see so many custom styles… Read more
Skype 5.1 for Mac
Today we have released Skype 5.1 for Mac. Key updates from this release: participants in group calls can easily identify active speakers you can select recent called numbers stored in the dial pad. In addition, we have fixed many… Read more
Using Skype For Your Next Presentation
Use Skype for your next presentation. You'll not only dazzle your audience but you'll save time, money and effort in travel —- while still making a brilliant presentation. Read more
Skype invites the world to party in Dublin this St Patrick's Day
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day we’ve set up a St Patrick’s Day Skype Video Pod at the finishing post of the legendary St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, so that those who can’t travel to the Emerald Isle don’t… Read more
