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Phil Wolff’s 57 Scurrilous Skype Predictions for 2012

Phil Wolff 3 January 2012 5:20 am

Every year I see into Skype’s future, foretelling with unconvincing accuracy, cynicism and hope.

Platform:

SkypeKit licenses open up for servers. Blue Jeans Network already cut a private deal to run Skype on their servers. Skype will open this up widely, with a few strings.

Skype launches SkypeKit hosting. Why set up your own [...]

Happy 8th Birthday, Skype! Many happy returns.

Phil Wolff 29 August 2011 10:32 am

Wow, It’s been eight years since Skype launched. 2003 to 2011. I’ve been writing about Skype on my own blogs or on Skype Journal from the start. SJ alum Jim Courtney salutes Skype today and Skype pats itself on the back.

Looking back…

The company has been bought and sold, and sold, and [...]

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How did I do on my 67 Reckless Predictions for 2010?

Phil Wolff 31 December 2010 7:02 am

Phil Wolff’s 67 Reckless Predictions for 2010

By Phil Wolff, on December 30th, 2009

30 NO, 24 YES, and a bunch of DON’T KNOWs.

In 2010…

A hot stranger will IM something inappropriate to you. (NO. Skype’s new filtering technology has been surprisingly good in 2010.) Skype‘s SilverLakeification will be complete, with a very short [...]