Just for fun

In-flight cell calls can't annoy fliers, but Net calls can (USA Today). The funny column quotes a Skype Journal article from this summer. Forget first class and coach, now is the time for Skype and talk-free seating.

Skype 2 Beta Media Roundup

Skype 2.0 eats its young (Om Malik). How Skype continues to break its promise to the Skype developer ecosystem to create value, not risk.

Wall Street Journal columnist Jerremy Wagstaff likes the new status bubble (from his blog)

Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg - Give it a try. (from his blog)

Los Angeles Times Harsh on video quality. (breaking Skype's embargo by an hour).

Niall Kennedy breaks the story on his blog

"The video transmission uses the On2 Truemotion VP7 compression format which is easily throttled for bandwidth differences and was designed with video conferencing and dropped packets in mind. The video format appears to only support the Windows operating system and could constrain any plans to expand Skype with video to other platforms. On2 claims their video format is better quality over less bandwidth than the H.264 codec used by Apple's iChat AV application or the Windows Media video streaming but that could just be marketing hype."

Ikeji's comprehensive and detailed product review in Japanese, (Google translation).

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ikejisoft's free Capture for Skype 2.0. Save video conversations to .avi movie files.

lares reminds us to watch the Skype download counter. 213 006 801 downloads right now.

Other News

Des Walsh on the Skype Password Drama

Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz is fed up with Skype technical problems and is trying Gizmo to keep his business together.

Skype gaining acceptance in the business world (MobileMag.com). 71% say Skype is business quality. Another 24% use Skype for personal use only. Hey, that sounds pretty good! via Rick Hultz

Skype founders among the new Rupert Murdochs (The Guardian). The new new media disruptors.