The power of the SILK codec
At Skype, we are passionate about quality. Our engineers do everything they can to make Skype work well across a range of different computers, service providers, Internet speeds, and computer equipment. One of the key ingredients in quality is the… Read more
Free WiFi at over 200,000 hotspots this weekend
It’s almost the weekend, and we’re celebrating this one by giving everyone free Skype Access, the single-click Internet access feature, available at over 200,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide. Just because. With Skype Access you can pay for WiFi access per minute… Read more
Doing Good: Addressing the Millennium Development Goals
Did you know that in sub-Saharan Africa, 30 per cent of young children are not in school? Or that 33 million people in the world have AIDS and it takes only 40 cents per day to pay for HIV/AIDS drug… Read more
Businesses Countdown to TechCrunch Disrupt with Help from Skype
We’re counting down to TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco next week. A team of us from Skype’s Silicon Valley office are planning to visit the headliner event. We’re not only excited to check out the sessions, but we’re especially looking… Read more
Live via Skype from the 92nd Street Y Social Good Summit
Today, Skype video calling will be used to connect leaders from the online, business, policy and media worlds to the Mashable and 92Y Social Good Summit. At the summit, top minds in digital media will come together to discuss… Read more
Skype Brings a Hero to UN Week Activities
Skype is all about enabling conversations, so we couldn't be more excited that our video calling will help a hero join the conversation at UN Week. On Monday, 2009 CNN Hero Doc Hendley, founder of Wine To Water, will take… Read more
Peace One Day Celebration 2010
Le Zenith in Paris is hosting this year's Peace One Day celebratory concert today, Friday 17th September 2010. The music-driven event will raise awareness of Peace Day, 21st September, and engage with individuals and organizations around the world. The concert,… Read more
It's all about quality
While Skype wasn’t the first company to allow Internet calling, Skype was one of the first companies to make Internet calling work for the masses. Whether doing a Skype-to-Skype call for free or calling any phone for very little, people… Read more
EU Vice-President Neelie Kroes joins the Skype crew in Tallinn
Neelie Kroes (second from right) at the Skype office in Tallinn Skype is proud to be one of the few global Internet innovations that comes from Europe. So today it was a pleasure and honour to welcome in Skype’s… Read more
Peace One Day and Skype open classroom doors to the world
Jeremy Gilley, founder of Peace One Day, talks to students about intercultural cooperation. Skype enables the world’s conversations. So does Peace One Day. This is why Skype supports Peace One Day in its goals. One of Peace One Day’s… Read more
