Category Archives: Skype

You Can Now Call Your Facebook Friends From Skype

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Chris Wiser
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Riviera for Skype 3.6

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Riviera for Skype will automatically record Skype conversations and convert them into MP3 files. It is convenient for recording interviews, tech talks, conferences, audio casts, pod casts for learning later, etc. All you have to do is setup the application and it will start recording when you receive … Continue reading →

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Make Skype Video Calls On Your Android Honeycomb Tablet

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Chris Wiser

With its recent upgrade, Skype for Android white-listed 14 more devices for video calling, including three tablets running Android Honeycomb: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Motorola Xoom, and the Acer Iconia Tablet. Unfortunately, the video calling option is not … Continue reading →

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It’s Official – Skype Now Part of Microsoft!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Both the U.S. and Europe anti-trust authorities approved the acquisition in recent days. Now it is official – Skype is officially now part of Microsoft with the closing of the $8.5 billion acquisition. On October 13, Skype became an official Microsoft division, with the closing … Continue reading →

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Tango: One of the most popular video calling apps for iOS and Android is now available on PC

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Although Skype might be the leading VoIP service, that doesn’t mean that aren’t decent competitors on the market. One of those competitors is Tango, and speaking of which, Tango has just introduced some new additions to its service. Tango has … Continue reading →

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Skype 2.5 for Android brings video-calling to more handsets.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Chris Wiser

  Today, Skype has announced Skype 2.5 for Android, with video support added to an additional 14 Android handsets, bringing the total number of devices that support video-calling to 41, and Motorola now has its first look-in for Skype video-calling on Android, … Continue reading →

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New Skype for iPhone & iPad Released

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Today Skype announced a new version of Skype for the iPad and iPhone with the coolest new feature being a anti-shake software algorithm that smooths the video even if you have a shaky hand. It only works with the rear-facing camera however.

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Skype iOS App Vulnerability Lets Hackers Steal User Data

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Chris Wiser

A nasty security bug in Skype‘s iOS app can lead to users’ personal information being stolen. The cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, demonstrated in the video below, is present in Skype 3.0.1 and earlier versions of Skype’s iOS app. It lets an … Continue reading →

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Skype Brings Facebook Integration To OS X

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Chris Wiser

If you are an Apple user, you may not have known that users of the Windows version of Skype were able to access Facebook through the program. Now, with the 5.4 beta, Mac owners have been given the same features. Integration works about as … Continue reading →

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Skype’s Facebook permissions: Are you sure you want to do this?

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Chris Wiser

Today, Skype launched Skype 5.4 for Mac Beta with the same Facebook integration found in Skype 5.5 for Windows. It's been reviewed here.

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