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Did you know that we only smile 35% as much as we think we do? And that the longest recorded laughing fit was in a village in Tanzania in 1962 and lasted two years? Two years?! Well, 1962 was ages ago. At Skype, we’ve decided it’s high time we had another laughter epidemic — but [...]

Hello! It seems like only yesterday that I was introducing myself to the readers of Skype’s UK blog — and today I’m stepping up to take on this one. I see my role not as that of an author, or even necessarily an editor. Instead, I see myself more as a curator — so you’ll [...]

Hi folks. You’ve probably noticed that it’s been a while since my last post. At the same time, I hope you’ve also noticed that the range of people writing on the blog has expanded considerably. Always a good thing, methinks. But there still needs to be someone to hold the rudder and keep the boat [...]

Hello again! It’s been 10 days since we launched the first Beta of Skype 4.0 for Windows, so I thought it would be a good idea to reflect a little and to respond to some of the feedback we’ve received. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone who has given us their thoughts via our feedback [...]

Hello! I’m Mike Bartlett, Director of Windows Product Management here at Skype. Four and a bit years ago we changed the way people talked. Free calling is something that brings smiles to people all over the world, every day. We’re very proud of that. Today, we’re announcing the most exciting change to Skype since inception [...]

I’m in Seoul with Josh Silverman, Skype’s President. Three months into the job, Josh was invited to give the keynote business speech at the Conference of Ministers on ‘the Future of the Internet Economy’ of the OECD (the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the leading inter-governmental organization dealing with economic and social policy). This [...]

Your mobile rings, you take the phone out and it says Unknown or a weird combination of numbers – and so you don’t pick up the call. Sounds familiar? This might have been someone calling your phone with Skype because only people that had bought online numbers could set them to show on their friends’ [...]