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Skype introduces video meetings with no sign-up needed for those wanting a Zoom alternative
Skype has brought in a new type of video call whereby no one has to sign up for an account to join the chat, in a similar convenient vein to Zoom – except in the case of Skype, not even the host needs to sign up for the service, or install anything.
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Skype ditches account and download requirements, offers link-based option for free video calls
Microsoft has made some nice improvements to its Skype video call service. Starting today, users don’t need to sign up for an account or download software to join cross-platform video confere…
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Microsoft brings AI-powered background blurring to Skype
A few months after adding background blurring to its Teams tool, Microsoft has brought the same option to Skype on the desktop.
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Employee Falls for Fake Job Interview Over Skype, Gives North Korean Hackers Access to Chile's ATM Network: Report
The one thing no one expects on a job interview is North Korean hackers picking up on the other line. But that’s apparently exactly what happened to a hapless employee at Redbanc, the company that handles Chile’s ATM network.
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Skype rolls back its redesign by ditching stories, squiggles and over-the-top color
Just over a year after Skype introduced a colorful, Snapchat-inspired makeover which included its own version of “stories,” the company says it’s now going to refocus on simplicity – and it’s ditching stories along the way.
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Don't Skype Me: How Microsoft Turned Consumers Against a Beloved Brand
Since buying the internet phone service in 2011, Microsoft has signed up corporations like GE and alienated long-time Skypers.
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Don't Skype me: How Microsoft turned users against its beloved video-chat program
It's relatively easy these days to find critics of Skype, the popular online calling service that Microsoft Corp. acquired in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Former devotees routinely gripe on social media that the software has become too difficult to use. On the Apple App Store and Google Play store, negative reviews of the smartphone app are piling up, citing everything from poor call quality to gluttonous battery demand.
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Microsoft is optimizing Skype for low-end Android phones
Microsoft is rolling out an updated version of Skype for Android, one that’s optimized for devices running older versions of the OS, providing better audio and video quality for lower-end devices. The new update will optimize the app for Android devices running versions 4.0.3 to 5.1. Microsoft says that this version “is lighter on both disk and memory consumption,” and that it’ll provide better audio and video for those devices, in addition to better performance when the connection isn’t so hot. The update will be rolled out worldwide in the coming weeks.
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Skype can't fix a nasty security bug without a massive code rewrite
The bug grants a low-level user access to every corner of the operating system.
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Use Ubuntu's snap to install Skype on any Linux desktop
Skype snap widens the popular communications' program availability on Linux desktops, with easy installation and automatic updates.
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Microsoft's new Skype redesign is a radical change that looks like Snapchat
Microsoft acquired Skype nearly six years ago, and ever since then it feels like the messaging service has been experiencing an existential crisis. Skype has been slowly transitioning from a peer-to-peer service to the cloud, and it’s been a bumpy ride with many design changes and issues. While Microsoft has managed to add features like free group video calling and Skype for Web, the software giant has struggled with the design and feature set of Skype as it attempts to compete with challengers like FaceTime, Messenger, WhatsApp, and more.
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What Havana’s growing WiFi revolution looks like
After years of disconnection, Cuba's government has introduced WiFi hotspots across the country, providing outdoor hubs that offer a portal to other worlds.
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New Snowden revelation shows Skype may be privacy's biggest enemy
New information made available by Edward Snowden reveals that Skype's turning over video and audio information to the NSA has skyrocketed in the past year, by a factor of three. Given that Skype already helps the Chinese government snoop on its citizens, this makes Skype one of the world's biggest privacy invaders. The information about Skype was published yesterday by the Guardian, in a report that details just how closely Microsoft has collaborated with NSA and other U.S. intelligence services via the Prism program.
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New Skype for Linux client released, built on Web technology
WebRTC client works on Chrome OS, too.
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Skype is getting Cortana and crazy bot messaging
You'll soon be able to use Skype to books trips, shop, and plan your schedule, just by chatting with Cortana. During its Build conference, Microsoft demoed how Skype users will soon be able to start a chat with Cortana and get things done just by having a conversation. "Cortana is brokering the conversation with a third-party bot," says Lilian Rincon, Skype's program manager. Essentially, Skype will know which company or service you want to talk to, bring a new bot...
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Skype service taken offline by network problems
A problem with Skype's status system has been fixed, after many people were unable to use the service. Reports about Skype being unavailable started at about 09:00 BST on Monday morning in the UK. But just after midnight on Tuesday, it said Skype services have been fully restored.
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Skype for Web available for all in the UK and US
Web-based Skype available to everyone, except those on Chrome OS machines.
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A simple message can crash Skype so badly you need to reinstall it
A new bug appears to crash Skype when a short string of text is sent as a message across the service — and the effects are so bad that it requires a reinstall to get things working hitch-free again.
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Skype Translator preview now available for all Windows 8.X users to try
If you were geared up about that Skype Translator preview that Microsoft announced a year ago, but weren't able to get into the closed preview, today is your lucky day.
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