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Skype announced launch of advertising in Skype, which will appear in the Home tab in Skype starting this week. Continue reading in Skype official blog.

Skype To Go is an exciting new way to call friends, family and colleagues abroad at great Skype rates from any mobile or landline. Yes, that’s right, even your 10-year-old mobile or antique landline phone. You don’t need an Internet … Read More …

Skype has broken a new record, hitting 29 million people online. According to Peter Parkes, “We’ve passed another milestone – at approximately 1800 GMT yesterday, there were more than 29 million people online on Skype. Another record broken, and an … Read More …

SuperTintin is featured on GiveAwayOfToday.com now, Januay 29th 2011. You can get a SuperTintin license for free! This promotion only last 24 hours. And the best improvement idea will be rewarded with the full-functioning life-time license for all Imtiger Technologies’ … Read More …

From MakeUseOf.com Although instant messengers are mostly used for chatting with friends, they are also very effective tools for businesses. The only missing thing is the option to record your conversations. If you need a tool to record your video … Read More …

Skype just release new 5.1 with better group video calling experience. Improvements:   Video calls now always start in 640×480 resolution Video calls on powerful computers start in 30 frames per second mode   And because some changes in 5.1, … Read More …

Skype just annouced on CES that Sony and Vizio plan on shipping Skype-enabled Sony BRAVIA and VIZIO VIA TVs later this year, joining the products from Panasonic and Samsung that are already available to buy. Jonathan Christensen, General Manager of … Read More …

New estimates from TeleGeography show that International phone traffic grew an estimated 4 percent in 2010, to 413 billion minutes, down from 5 percent growth in 2009. International traffic from Skype users continues to accelerate, and that Skype’s share of … Read More …

Is China’s government going to ban Skype? Media reports over the past week have raised that prospect in relation to a government clampdown on “illegal” voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, telephone services. And the PC-to-phone parts of Skype’s service could be caught … Read More …

Skype just announced that its new version for iPhone/iPad/iPod and it supports video call! You can make and receive free Skype video calls on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and works over both WiFi and 3G connections. Download from … Read More …

Gizmodo: A snippet of Facebook code has fueled existing rumors concerning a video chat feature on that platform, powered by Skype. Facebook app developer Tal Alter discovered the code, called VideoChat, while digging around during development of his own application. … Read More …

Well, Engadget think this could be true and Skype may annouce this at CES next month. Engadget: “Skype has been telling everyone that it’ll be making a “series of video-related announcements” at CES next month… and it’s participating in a … Read More …