Skype

October 25, 2013

It’s not every day that children from a classroom in California and those from another in Auckland, New Zealand get to talk to each other, really talk, all while seeing each other’s shy smiles. But that’s the power of Skype, and it was used recently to bring the two groups together.

October 23, 2013

Many of us use Skype to make calls to family members and friends, but it’s also an impressive tool in the workplace. Did you know, for example, you can use Skype to talk with up to 25 other people on one call as long as everyone is on Skype? You can – and it’s free. That’s just one of the tips shared by Blake Shepard on Skype’s Workplace Blog.

October 22, 2013

If you often watch TV while keeping one eye on your phone for incoming emails, or while playing a game on your tablet, you’ll like Skype for Windows 8.1, available now.

October 18, 2013

In the Netherlands, a nonprofit organization founded by Jeremy Gilley of the U.K. held an event at The Peace Palace in The Hague. Attendees shared what peace meant to them in the Skype Video Messaging Booth.

October 15, 2013

Lots of people make Skype calls with their parents. And lots of people get questions from their parents about how to do one thing or another on their computer. Have you ever thought about sharing your screen over Skype to show them firsthand?

October 15, 2013

Shawn Avery, a teacher from Dennett Elementary School in Plympton, Mass., grabbed an opportunity to have a Skype call between his sixth-grade class and noted astronomer Dr. Carol Christian of the Space Telescope Science Institute.

October 8, 2013

After Jenri Rivera, 7, got a new cochlear implant in his ear, he did what’s becoming natural these days whenever someone goes through a big event in their life: He went on Skype to share the moment with his loved ones. But in this case the event was extra momentous, because it would be the first time Jenri had ever heard his mother’s voice.