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Microsoft Says Skype ‘Coming Soon’ For Windows Phone 7 Smartphones

After purchasing Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011 Microsoft hasn't been quick to offer a Windows Phone version of their popular messaging and phone calling program. Now VP Rick Osterlod revealed that CES that a Skype for ... continue

Skype Rolls Out Free Airport Wi-Fi For The Holidays

Holiday travelers with access to a Skype Wi-Fi account will be able to take advantage of the service for free starting on Wednesday, December 21st through December 27th. Under the program Skype is offering one hour of completely ... continue

Skype Vulnerability Exposes User Locations Without Permission

Using the Skype messaging and calling system can inadvertently allow users to share their physical location from people they may want to hide that information from. Researchers at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute tracked the activities of 20 ... continue

Skype Security Flaw Gives Away IP Addresses

A new security flaw has been uncovered in Skype, one that could provide hackers with easy access to a Skype user's IP address. The chink in the chat program's armor was uncovered by researchers from Europe and the ... continue

Skype Now Officially Belongs To Microsoft

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype is finally official. The announcement comes just a week after the European Commission gave their approval of the the $8.5 billion acquisition. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said: "Skype is a phenomenal product and brand that is loved ... continue

Skype CEO: We’re Bringing Our Platform To 1 Million Classrooms

Since launching Skype in the Classroom as a beta program this past December the company has signed up more than 16,000 teachers and now they have announced plans to shoot for 1 million educators. Speaking at the Social ... continue

Skype Buys GroupMe For $50 Million, Company Will Retain Entire Team

Skype has announced the acquisition of group messaging service GroupMe for somewhere in the vicinity of $50 million to $100 million. According to people close to the deal the GroupMe application will continue to operate independently but ... continue

Skype Confirms: iPad App On The Way

Skype design VP Rick Osterloh has confirmed that the development of a Skype app for iPad is in the works. He also confirmed that nearly every single feature found on the desktop version will be offered including ... continue

FTC Approves Microsoft Acquisition Of Skype

In May 2011 Microsoft announced that they would pay $8.5 billion in cash to acquire internet phone and chat provider Skype and less than one month later the FTC has approved that acquisition. While concerns began to arise ... continue

Comcast Teams With Skype, Offers HD Calling For Televisions

Comcast customers will soon have the option to make HD video calls directly from their TV via Skype capabilities. At this time Skype and Comcast are mum on the details of the partnership including release dates and pricing. The ... continue

Skype Down Again – Apps Crashing – Skype Releases Fix

It's happened again, but this time it looks a lot more serious. Not only is the service unreachable for millions of Users, the app seems to be crashing, and not as it first seemed for just windows ... continue

Some employees not so happy over Microsoft’s Skype purchase

Leading up to the big announcement today about Microsoft buying Skype for $8.5 Billion Steve Ballmer sent out the obligatory email to all of the company's employees. The email first showed up on Mary Jo Foley's blog and then ... continue

Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion

After some speculation that Microsoft and Facebook were both vying to purchase VoiP property Skype, the former has plunked down $8.56 billion in cash to purchase the service. Skype is Microsoft's priciest acquisition to date, beating out the ... continue