Skype News

New Release for the Pocket PC 1.1.0.4

As an owner of a Dell Axium X30 this makes me a happy camper. Packed with 6 new featues all which were on my wish list… Here is the changelog: feature: ability to leave Skype Voicemail feature: SkypeIn support feature: centralized Contacts list feature: support for high-resolution display feature: SkypeOut fixes (calling to France numbers) [...]

Skype News

New Release for the Pocket PC 1.1.0.4

As an owner of a Dell Axium X30 this makes me a happy camper. Packed with 6 new featues all which were on my wish list… Here is the changelog: feature: ability to leave Skype Voicemail feature: SkypeIn support feature: centralized Contacts list feature: support for high-resolution display feature: SkypeOut fixes (calling to France numbers) [...]

Ideas & Views

SkypeTiVo – Personal

CNet is reporting on SkypeCasting and iPodradio. So I thought I’d announce now the experiment I’ll be looking to try with Skype Video when it finally arrives. The “implications are very disruptive,” according to the SkypeJournal, a well-known Web community that provides Skypecast instructions. “Many Skypers want to record their Skype conversations and turn them [...]

observations

Handset or Headset or What?

Are you selling a range of telecom products? Are you studying Skype? What are you doing to make your products more Skype friendly? “Handset, Headset or What?” is not meant to provide the the answers or the outline for a research plan. It starts with some basics. Just observe yourself when trying out different devices. [...]

observations

Handset or Headset or What?

Are you selling a range of telecom products? Are you studying Skype? What are you doing to make your products more Skype friendly? “Handset, Headset or What?” is not meant to provide the the answers or the outline for a research plan. It starts with some basics. Just observe yourself when trying out different devices. [...]

stories

Skype Talking

I have a friend from Australia that swims in 50 meter pools around the world. Via Skype I met Graham who wants to Skype every country in the world. I’m sure he is not alone and many blogs profess this same desire to connect with new people.

I will share my Skypeing others and when [...]

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Freedom to Connect

Jeff Jarvis, and some great people are participating in David Isenberg’s “Freedom to Connect” meeting. I’d hoped to go. At least I know the Skype message is sinking in.

…. thanks to a six programmers somewhere in Europe (read: Skype) had eliminated the need for phone companies … and paying them $1 trillion dollars. So [...]

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Freedom to Connect

Jeff Jarvis, and some great people are participating in David Isenberg’s “Freedom to Connect” meeting. I’d hoped to go. At least I know the Skype message is sinking in.

…. thanks to a six programmers somewhere in Europe (read: Skype) had eliminated the need for phone companies … and paying them $1 trillion dollars. So [...]

software

Outlook Skype

Peter Kalmstrom has been developing plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook for a long time. Now he too has created a solution to integrate Skype into your contact list.

The next big thing in the IT world is telephony and voice. There will be a lot of interesting developments in this area in the years to [...]

stories

Skype and Treo Solution

Steve writes in Adventures in Home Networking how he coordinates his Treo and SkypeIn and SkypeOut into one effective communications solution. He doesn’t like to mess around with headphones. He documents his solution for the home office, around the house, and around town. He sums it up as completely changing the way he communicates.

At [...]

Competitors

iChat-iPod

Om notes that the iPod phone is held up. I’m inclined to believe there is another opportunity. Who really prevented the iTunes phone from being released? Motorola blamed the finicky Steve Jobs and his marketing approach for the delay. Business Week says it was the carriers who might be behind the delay. “Behind the clash [...]

statistics

Skype buzz triples in six months

In October 2004, when the blogosphere was all about the U.S. Presidential campaign, Skype was mentioned in .015 to .020 percent of blogs. That level of attention remained the same through year end. Then something changed and word started to spread. Six months’ later, Skype buzz is solidly in the 0.045% range. via BlogPulse.

Just [...]

software

Toggle Audio on the Mac

Can a Mac user confirm this works and the quality of the program?

Toggle Sound Output 0.2b Freeware | 3.28.05 | Script #2123 Author: Johan van Oostrum | Developer’s Web Site Release Notes: This script toggles between two sound outputs. e.g. the standard speakers and a headset. It is a simple script that comes [...]

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Robin Good on Video

Robin Good reflects on the new wave of audio video technologies. Be sure to check out Microsoft Portrait.

That we are about to see an increasing number of Skype-like technologies enter the market, each one providing easy over IP audio and video capabilities while integrating more advanced functions and controls it is only a matter [...]

wishlist

SkypeTV

There’s a great post on PlasticBag about social software for settop boxes. Where are the points where television and PVR use meetup with Skyping? Share my Skype buddy lists. The Skype network is both huge and international. Save me from duplicating effort yet again; let me use my Skype contacts in my TV’s buddy list. [...]

7 years and 1 day since Skype Journal launched as a stand-alone blog.

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