Skype

September 8, 2014

Makenzi Wassenaar, founder of Motocross Ladies, has hurdles to overcome both on the race course and off. “Currently, the motocross industry isn’t oriented toward female riders at all,” she says. “Many don’t even consider us to be real athletes – but we’re out to change that.” And she’s using Skype to do that.

September 8, 2014

Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller of MKTO say they had “such a blast” hanging out with fans over the summer as part of the “Ones to Watch with Skype Tour” that lets music lovers meet up-and-coming musicians via Skype video.

August 27, 2014

Two entrepreneurs who set out to redesign the bicycle, making it even simpler, got their startup rolling thanks to the help and advice they got by using Skype group video calling.

August 25, 2014

To bridge the gap between musicians and their support base, Skype has brought fans of MKTO face-to-face with the pop duo through group video calls and Skype on mobile phones.

August 20, 2014

If you’re signed into Skype on several devices – say, a laptop, tablet and a smartphone – and you are sending chat messages to a group of friends from your tablet, now Skype will only send new message notifications to your tablet and not to any of your other devices.

August 20, 2014

To keep in touch with his grandparents, Tristan Sacrey taught them how to use Skype, even though it was something they had never heard of. He set them up and they tested Skype chats and video calls back and forth across the room in his grandparents’ home. The whole process just took a matter of minutes.