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Hi, my name is Andrus, I work in marketing and some of you might remember me posting here before. It’s been a bit more than a year since we introduced Skype Prime™ Beta, a marketplace for voice and video services which brings together those people who have expertise, knowledge, advice or skills to sell to [...]

Hi, I’m Antoine Bertout (but partners used to call me Ants), the Partner Relations Manager here at Skype. While I’m packing my luggage for my trip to Chicago, where Skype has three sessions at eBay DevCon, I thought I’d let you know about some news from our team. Our partners have been telling us they [...]

This is my first post on the Skype blog, so I figured I’d introduce myself. I’m Rodrigo Madanes and I work at Skype as the Chief Product Strategist. Basically, I look at where we’re taking the products. A few months ago, I was interviewed by Bradley Jones for a book he was putting together, titled [...]

Howard Wolinsky here, your friendly neighborhood US Blogger for Skype, just popping in with the latest breaking news from the Skype Nomad: Thirty-three days, and 17 countries later, Rebecca Campbell, better known at her blog, Facebook and MySpace, as the Skype Nomad, finished her ’round-the-world trip and got off the boat in Tallin, Estonia., She [...]

Beta-friendly users have been running Skype 3.8 for Windows since April 2. But with the usual beta imperfections now sanded off, this audio-focused iteration of Skype is ready for public release. If you’re a Windows user, head to the download page to get it. The main improvements can be found under the hood of the [...]

For a young 26-year-old London-based copywriter, today was the start of a 33-day round-the-world exercise. An exercise to remain in perpetual motion, to soak up experiences in 15 countries, from hot-air-ballooning in the Austrian Alps to dog-sledding in Alaska, and to see if Skype can help her stay in touch. While supporting a charity in [...]

If new technology and the word beta don’t send you running into a Norwegian doomsday vault, we’ve got something for ya. Today, Skype released a beta version of Skype for your mobile, a mobile “thin” client that works on about 50 of the most popular Java-enabled mobile phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. [...]

Most people look forward to Fridays (or their cultural equivalent that promises rest, fun and fresh air). Banishing the ruthless alarm clock until Monday morning which, for a brief moment, appears eons away. Well, my kind colleagues here at Skype have taken a crack at making the world’s Mondays a bit less blue. Enter Skype’s [...]

This week will mark the first month on the job for Skype CEO Josh Silverman. It may not be as round an anniversary as 100 days, but if you want to find out what’s brewing in the mind of the man at the top, Almost Thirty Days On the Job looks like a pretty workable [...]

The Estonian island of Ruhnu hardly registers on most people’s radar, unless they’re passionate Estophiles. But this little speck of land with just 100 inhabitants leaves many larger communities in the dust when it comes to putting new technology to good use. Because of its small size, Ruhnu found itself at the forefront of Estonia’s [...]

Mobile-space watchers among our American readers have perhaps seen this at the appropriate time, but since being late to the cool kids’ party is not embarrassing as one might think, we’re happy to have missed the premiere of this fabulous spoof. Enjoy! For more on HandSolo, see the companion website. I suspect, though, that at [...]

30 percent of Skype’s users are businesses, and the Business Control Panel is a handy way for them to manage Skype credit and SkypeIn numbers. The trusty panel now knows some new tricks: – Easily invite co-workers (using a company email list) – Create a members directory so employees know who else belongs to the [...]

This contraption is not available at the Skype shop. Or any other outlet for that matter, retail or wholesale. And it’s not because of an unorthodox product name: DIY instant messenger online contact signalizer picture frame thingy. (For a better pic, you may want to check out this entry in the Hacked Gadgets Forum). Most [...]

Here is where people One frequently finds, Lower their voices And raise their minds. — Richard Armour on libraries Libraries. Even if we don’t set foot in one, it’s comforting to know they’re there: massive silent repositories of thoughts, polemics and conversations that mankind has managed to produce in spite of its lower instincts. Some [...]

I came across a post by John McArthur, head of Walden Technology Partners and a recent convert to Skype. What got my imagination going was his experience with Skype (paired with a Logitech webcam) that sparked memories of his visit to the New York World’s Fair in 1964. That year, AT&T demonstrated its Picturephone, an [...]