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Skype Improves Android App With Photos, Video Sharing

Skype has improved the experience for its Android users, including better battery life and video quality

13 years ago

Researchers Reveal Skype Stalking Flaw

A Skype user's IP addresses can be captured over time to covertly track them and view P2P transfers, researchers say

13 years ago

Skype Adds Direct Facebook Friends Video Chatting

The integration partnership deepens with direct connection for Facebook-to-Facebook calls through Skype

13 years ago

Microsoft Completes Skype Acquisition

Microsoft is the new owner of popular VoIP service Skype, after the acquisition was official closed

13 years ago

O2 To Test Skype-Style VoIP Service

O2 is preparing to launch a new Skype competitor, using technology from a company it bought in 2009, Jajah

13 years ago

EU To Give Green Light For Microsoft-Skype Takeover

The European Commission is to give its approval for Microsoft to buy VoIP service provider Skype

13 years ago

Skype Buys GroupMe Messaging Provider

GroupMe gives Skype a group messaging application to face off with Facebook, Apple, Google and RIM

13 years ago

Skype Offers iPhone Users Wi-Fi Access

Skype is offering Apple users the chance to utilise their Skype Credit to access Wi-Fi hotspots

13 years ago

Skype Adds Video For More Android Phones, Tablets

Skype new Android app has added video calling support for 17 new smartphone and tablet devices

13 years ago

Skype App For iPad Officially Launches

The Apple App Store is now offering a Skype app that has been optimised for the iPad tablet

13 years ago

Hospital Denies Forcing Visits By Skype

A hospital has denied it was forcing relatives to use Skype instead of visiting them in hospital

13 years ago

Facebook Hit By Video Calling Scam

Just days after launch, the scammers have started hitting on Facebook’s video callers with a fake application

13 years ago

Video Calling Trend Adds A New Face To Social Networks

Facebook Video Calling with Skype is attracting interest from all sides of the industry, including scammers

13 years ago

Facebook-Skype Deal Deepens Microsoft Alliance

Facebook's new Skype integration is another marker in its long-deepening relationship with Microsoft, says Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Facebook Launches Free Video Chat With Skype

The social networking giant also adds group chat, improved interface, and reveals it has 750 million users

13 years ago

Facebook Video Chat Deal With Skype Rumoured

Facebook's 'awesome' new product is rumoured to be an in-browser video chat tie-up with Skype

13 years ago

Skype Could Open A Can Of Worms For Microsoft

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype means it is now liable for things that most software companies never have to deal with,…

13 years ago

Android Users Now Get Skype Cross Platform Video

Android phone users finally now have the ability to make video calls to desktop PCs or even an iPhone

13 years ago

Microsoft Patents Wiretap Technology For Skype

Microsoft has filed a patent application for a technology that allows VoIP conversations to be legally monitored

13 years ago

US Congress Selects Skype As Low Cost Comms Tool

American constituents can now talk with US Congressmen thanks to a communications deal with Skype

13 years ago

Google Chrome To Challenge Skype With WebRTC

Google Chrome is set to get real-time voice and video chat tools in the near future, thanks to WebRTC, says…

13 years ago

Skype Beta Increases Integration With Facebook

A new Skype beta is offering deeper integration with the social networking platform of Facebook

13 years ago

Skype Culls Management Ahead Of Microsoft Deal

A number of top level executives have been handed their marching orders at popular VoIP provider Skype

13 years ago

Skype Partners With Comcast For HD Video Calls On TV

People watching a TV show, can now also make video and audio calls at the same time thanks to Skype

13 years ago

Microsoft Promises Not To Open Skype To Russian Spooks

Microsoft denies careless talk that suggested the Russian secret service might get access to Skype encryption

13 years ago

Skype Suffers Another Embarrassing Crash

Skype has crashed once again, leading to fresh questions over its reliability as a communication tool

13 years ago

Russian Reverse Engineer Praises Skype

Good products can't stay proprietary for long, says Efim Bushmanov, the Russian who published an open source version of Skype's…

13 years ago

Open Source Researcher Reverse Engineers Skype

A researcher from Russia plans to reverse-engineer Skype, and has posted his source code online

13 years ago

Quarter Of US Web Users Opt For VoIP Calls

Research has shown that 24 percent of web users in the US utilise some form of voice over IP service

13 years ago

Skype Services Crash Around The World

Skype users around the world are currently unable to log on and make calls using the VoIP service

14 years ago