Skype

Apple introduced the CallKit with iOS 10 this year; CallKit allows 3rd party applications to integrate with iOS for their calling needs – VOIP applications such as Skype and WhatsApp can integrate with CallKit, allowing iOS users to receive VOIP calls with the native iOS calling experience. Microsoft has now …

It can sometimes be a logistical nightmare to introduce someone not very tech-savvy to online services such as Skype; creating an account – while not very difficult – can be a challenge, if you are not there to help them in person. Microsoft announced a new feature for exactly this …

The Skype team has been busy modernizing Skype and its underlying infrastructure – now that things are mostly controlled by Redmond; we are getting updates quicker than ever before, the recently launched Skype Insider program is a tease for what’s to come. This update – however – is available to …

Microsoft’s reliance on Insider programs have been quite fruitful – there’s a Windows Insider program, an Office Insider program, and even an Xbox Insider program. Now Skype is getting its own Insider program, to accomplish similar goals. Skype isn’t really a complicated deal; logically, Windows, Xbox, and Office are massive …

Skype is one of the biggest software products that came out of Europe – a software so successful; its name became a synonym for ‘video calling.’ The London office was one of the original offices of Skype – despite the headquarters being in Luxemburg. It opened in 2003 – but …

Microsoft has been quite busy modernizing its enterprise and business-oriented products lately. The recent LinkedIn purchase was part of this, and while Microsoft did attempt to buy Slack for 8 billion$, it appears those attempts didn’t really turn out to be very successful. Slack has been making waves in quite …

Microsoft seems to have big things planned for Skype. A few days ago Microsoft decided to close the London offices of Skype; now it seems that was only the beginning of what’s to come. When the news broke out about Skype’s London office closure, we suspected it was because Microsoft …

There is a new Windows 10 Insider build out for the Insiders – and while there aren’t many new things to see for Windows 10, the build does include some nice updates to some of the apps. As always, if you are on the old build – simply browse to …

Microsoft is one of the few companies who understand the necessity of a dark theme. Skype Web is now getting some of that love, with a dark mode added in the beta. Perhaps Microsoft understands the need for dark mode because of Modern UI – after all, this design language …

Microsoft showed off Skype Translator for the first time in 2014, and released it as a public preview in January of this year; a new language has been added with support for spoken language translation: Russian. The Skype Translator blew everyone way when it was first demonstrated by Satya Nadella …