This Sunday, 29 August 2010, will mark Skype‘s seventh birthday. This year will see Skype with more than 600 million user accounts, 14% of all international calling, Skype inside of televisions and mobile phones, and almost $1 billion in revenue. Skype was a small pioneer and now it is a power broker on the verge of an IPO.
Share your short thought on Skype’s future. Just answer any one of these questions and we’ll include them in a series in our independent Skype Journal.
- Character: What kind of company would you like Skype to become?
- Wishlist: What one feature or capability would you like Skype to add or change?
- Society: What role could Skype play in your country? In your culture?
- Competition: What should Microsoft, Google, Apple, or your phone company do? Would you join them and leave Skype?
- Risks: What could put the future of Skype at risk?
- Privacy: Skype is less private and secure now than on its first birthday. How much will privacy, anonymity and protection of your identity become more important to you over the next few years? To your family? To your work?
- Value: Skyping is second nature to millions of people. How will it make your world better by 2018?
Thanks.
Phil Wolff
Managing Editor
editor@skypejournal.com
Call me at +1-510-343-5664, Skype me, follow @SkypeJournal and @evanwolf. Visit our Skype Journal private technologist roundtable, one of the longest running public Skype chats.
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