Skype Journal

Beecher Tuttle speculated Skype bought the assets of group text startup 3Jam.  Skype’s texting features are… uninspiring? Hiring 3Jam’s Enlai Chu might fix that. Or is it feature creep?

CallByText compromises Skype security, requiring your Skype name and password, setting you up for identity theft. (Thanks, Hudson)

Reuters reports Google and Facebook talked about buying Skype. They didn’t talk to each other, although that would be interesting. Like this is something new? Skype’s corporate affairs folks must talk to potential buyers, if only to understand a non-IPO deal space.

Transit Telecom screws Brazilian Skype users, cancelling Números Online Skype, using the service since January 2006.

Sony firmware update adds Skype to Bravia TVs.

3CX adds Skype Connect to its Windows PBX software.

Azerbaijan minister wants to ban Skype as a security risk.  via Tamada Tales.

Ubergizmo unboxes the Logitech TV Cam for Skype. “At CES 2011, Skype on TV was a huge hit, particularly among seniors. I’ve never seen so many seemingly retired people at CES, and they were almost all excited by this.”

Mumbai police analyze Skype calls to find gangsters.

Australian Skype for Vodafone mobile users will pay $3 monthly for Skype-to-Skype calls. Cheaper than previous plans.

California “elder law” attorneys to bill for Skype consultations. “…legal documents professionally produced in a virtual law firm environment.”

MyChelle Dermaceuticals licensed estheticians to bill for Skype consultations. “MyChelle’s expert team is on-hand to provide professional, effective treatment and skin care recommendations with a custom selection of pure, clean MyChelle Dermaceuticals products.”

Skype’s Skytools framework used to “construct a large fault-tolerant cluster of PostgreSQL.” Hundreds in production. Skytools.

Patch to Skype for Mac zero day vulnerability coming next week.