I was never one for Skype, I remember when it first came out and yeah I messed with it but there’s just too much stuff to install and have running if you try and keep up with everything. I gave up on Skype long ago, but I know a lot of you haven’t and if … Read more
Yesterday we reported that Skype for Windows Phone is coming soon, now we have found out that Skype for Windows Phone as an app for download will be available in the first of half of 2012 and it will be integrated into Apollo and beyond. Paul Thurrott of Supersite for Windows confirmed that the documentation … Read more
The Skype App for Windows Phone 7 is coming soon as per Rick Osterloh, Skype’s VP of Products. During an interview at CES 2012, he said Microsoft is “working on a Windows Phone product that will be coming soon.” Until now Microsoft hasn’t released any kind of news or details on voice and video calling … Read more
The CTO of Tango (the cross platform Skype competitor) did an interview with Forbes and there’s some potentially juicy stuff here. First, they claim that Tango will be available before Skype is for Windows Phones. Now we know the Radar will come to T-Mobile on November 2 and that includes Tango. But they also note … Read more
So Microsoft and Skype have made it official. There are a few countries that still require regulatory approval and as to those limited countries the deal is open but on the whole the deal is done. That means integration can move ahead full speed. In fact, the first thing they did was update Skype to … Read more
The more I use Mango the less I use text. I find myself using messenger a lot more than text and while I mostly use it with people on Windows Live Messenger it would easily cross-over to users that use Facebook chat as it’s also fully integrated. From my perspective, I don’t really care what … Read more
Skype has updated their Android app and video is now enabled for more Android devices. Check this out: We promised to add support for additional handsets when we launched our new Skype for Android app with video a couple of weeks ago. Today we are pleased to announce that with the release of Skype 2.1 … Read more
Wait what? This thing just launched like 45 minutes ago. Anyway, don’t blame Microsoft for this – they didn’t close on the deal yet. This is just Skype with a little premature appification.
The native iPad app for Skype has finally been released. Making it’s debut at precisely midnight, it is a welcome replacement for the iPhone app – this is not an update to the existing iPhone version, it’s completely separate. It is capable of making and receiving voice and video calls (and of course text chats) … Read more
Skype and Lync will work hand in hand.as a strategy to allow the consumerization of IT to move ahead full steam. Two sides of the same coin really. Lync is the corporate side of the coin and one of Microsoft’s fastest adopted services. The Skype purchase enables Microsoft to lock in regular consumers and also … Read more