January 21, 2014
Want a little quiet time? How to manage Skype notifications

We all need to tone down the digital noise in our lives from time to time. When using Skype, it’s easy to do that, controlling your notifications from Skype for Windows desktop, writes Matthew de Beer on Skype’s Tips & Tricks blog.

January 18, 2014
How to clean up your Skype messages, chat history and Skype Home

Over at Skype’s Tips & Tricks blog, Matthew de Beer says he often sees questions from users who want to know how to delete individual messages, entire chats or even the contents of Skype Home. He provides instructions on how to do all those things in a new post.

January 15, 2014
Tweet Skype’s ‘share a smile’ video and you could win a Toshiba Encore

Skype recently got folks on the street in New York City and London to share smiles and laughs between continents using Skype’s “Smile Station.” Now, if you post a tweet sharing the Smile Station video with the #smilestation hashtag, and answer a question, you could win a Toshiba Encore tablet.

January 7, 2014
Behind Skype’s pursuit of the perfect video call

In the two years since Microsoft acquired Skype, Microsoft has created cross-platform software that enables you to make Skype video calls in high definition on a broad set of hardware, all with a consistent audio and visual experience.