Skype for Mac 2.5 Goes Gold
Last day for 50% discount on North American Unlimited Plan
Skype for Business Updated

Skype for Mac 2.5 went Gold this morning; download it here. It brings Skype for Mac much closer to the feature set of Skype 3.0 for Windows. Key points:

• Send SMS messages to any mobile phone worldwide
• Host conference calls with up to nine other participants
• Takes full advantage of the built in webcams on recent Macs with upgraded video (one-to-one calls only); SightSpeed remains the market leader for multi-party video conference calls.
• Added a birthday reminder feature (which requires the Pamela Call Recorder for Skype for Windows users).

Also, if you are located in the U.S. or Canada note that today is the last day to get a 50% discount on the North American Unlimited Calling Plan. So while the link will remain live, expect those US$14.95 per year sunshine spots to disappear tonight.

Monday, Skype surpassed 9 million users online for the first time. Jaanus gets kudos for tracking this milestone.

Finally, last week Skype announced new features for Skype for Business; according to the press release this includes:

• easy installation on multiple computers within an enterprise
• via Skype Control Panel, allocate SkypeOut credits to individual users while providing a consolidated overview

Partner offerings include Unyte's Desktop Sharing (more information in a story later this week), Convenos web conference and collaboration service and the ACD Call-Centre offering from On-State. These are all available for trials via Skype's Extras Gallery.

We hope to have a more in-depth review of Skype for Business shortly. I have been constantly amazed at the number of Skype "business" stories that have come to us; we certainly would be willing to share your experience to provide more real life cases. Skype has issued a press release on one case.

Other bloggers' comments on Skype for Business:

• SaundersLog
• Skype for Business Isn't Taking Messages (thanks to Andy at VoIP Watch for the link)

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