Do you have a story about one of Skype’s eight former, present or future presidents? I’m writing my Skype Hall of Presidents and CEOs page. What did they accomplish? How did they leave their mark? Best gaffes? Defining moments? What are they like to work with? What are they doing now? In chronological order: Niklas [...]
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Download Skype for Mac now. Version 2.8.0.863 may correct some reported MacBook login issues. This is not the overhaul promised when Skype for Windows 5 went gold. Hat tip to Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac. [...] Meg Whitman (Republican) and Jerry Brown (Democrat) are in a close race for governor of the US state of California. Who would be better for Skype? IMHO, Jerry. Let’s compare them on Internet access, net neutrality, and privacy. I’d frame Meg’s positions as corporatist conservative so long as it doesn’t conflict with being a [...] I want to go to the purpose of Skype for a bit. Think of Skype as a game. Skype’s gameplay and the game mechanics optimize for SkypeOut. Anything which doesn’t produce SkypeOut behavior, directly or nearly so, is hidden or removed. Skype to Skype calling is merely training for SkypeOut. Free Skype video calling [...] Skype has shown in-app tips and adverts for years. One of the newest campaigns promotes "One tool to manage Skype for everyone in your business – trial Skype Manager now." No word on where this campaign is being seen or how long it will last. Skype Manager is Skype’s console for managing corporate Skype [...] 5 | analysis | architecture | Business | design | Developer Zone | facebook | facebook | news | Skype Has it been a whole year since an angry rant? Despite all of Skype’s glowing press, I’m sure I can scrape something up… UI Not Scriptable. It’s great that Skype offered their idea of the facebook-in-Skype experience. What about the ideas of the world’s millions of developers? Where’s the app platform that lets [...] Skype wants to control the mobile market, without third-parties offering access to the Skype network. So they forced Nimbuzz to shut down their Skype features like they shut down Fring, with lawyers, though with less public acrimony. Skype has the power to do this through artful crafting of their licenses; I explained in detail how [...] I hope to see you at the Portability Policy Meetup in San Francisco, Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:00 PM Pacific. Thanks to Mary Trigiani and Rai for the great working session last week. We brainstormed and prioritized a good deal of the workplan for the rest of this quarter. There’s a lot for us [...] By now you’ve seen Skype for Windows 5 lets you sign in to Facebook and see your timeline. A change to Skype‘s privacy practice is a side effect. If you’re signed in to Facebook from the tab, you’ll see text, avatars and photos from Facebook. Those materials are pulled from Facebook servers. A few [...] Welcome to the desktop, Apple! Facetime for Mac is shipping. How does this stack up versus Skype for Mac users? Network Size. How many people use FaceTime and Skype? That’s the outer limit of the number of people you can possibly video call. Today, at launch, FaceTime might have a few million iOS [...] analysis | Business | community | design | facebook | freedom | Skype | Strategy | Technology | wishlist Malcolm Gladwell wrote in “Small Change: Why The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted” that strong ties and hierarchical organization power revolutions. Biz Stone responded in The Atlantic that weak ties and emergent organization fuel civic engagement that can challenge government power. I wrote yesterday partnering the strong tie Skype network with the weak tie Facebook [...] Skype and Facebook shared their first steps at integration. I suggested many opportunities for feature and business synergy. However… You have two networks that really don’t belong together. Facebook is sexy chocolate and Skype is nutritional soup. You like both but do you really want chocolate soup? Skype has been a network for [...] Last week Skype showed their latest integration with Facebook. Skype contact import into Facebook friends. Facebook friend import into Skype contacts. The Facebook news feed tab. Post a Facebook update from the Skype(Facebook) tab. Seventeen more opportunities for Facebook-Skype integration over the next 18 months: Sync contacts. Not just import, but synchronization. Keep my [...] KDDI‘s au (エーユー; said Ēyū) will start to preload Skype on two Android phones in November, per a blog post by Shin Iwata, Skype country manager for Japan. Au has 27% share of Japan’s 119+ million wireless subscriptions so this has great distribution and revenue potential for Skype. au will send you more information. [...] Skype for Windows 5.0 comes with several options for Facebook integration. Here’s how to turn off your Skype-Facebook features and connections. You’ll have three things to change: turning off the news feed, hiding the tab, and breaking the connection from Facebook’s end. 1. Disable your Facebook news feed from the Facebook tab. Click [...] |
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