In case you haven’t heard of me, my name’s Kevin Delaney. I’m the co-founder and head of project management at KhaosLabs and an occasional author over here at Skype Journal. I’m really excited to announce a new product that my team has been working on for the last little while. MapMe for Skype is a free plugin that connects your Skype contact list with technology from Google Maps. You can

• calculate distances between your contacts,
• map incoming SkypeIn calls,
• find users in your area and much more.

We’re looking for 50-100 testers for our initial closed Beta program. Please sign up for the Beta if you:

• Use any version of Skype since 1.1
• Use Windows 2000 or XP
• have the Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 (we can help you get it)
• Decent technical knowledge
• Live in the USA or Canada

We are not able to extend MapMe for Skype outside of Canada and the US due to technical limits. More countries will be seen soon. If you’re still interested, but live in other parts of the world, sign up for notification.

If you have suggestions or comments for us, please email info@khaoslabs.com.