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Q. Does Skype not have push-to-talk functionality? Why?

CORRECTION: Skype for Windows 5.7 Beta includes a Push-To-Talk feature. “We have introduced a Push to Talk feature in Skype. Many people who are playing multiplayer games have requested this from us. With this feature you can set a hotkey which will toggle microphone muting on Skype call. You can set the Push to Talk up on [...]

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Internet Outage Kicks 3.4 Million Skype Users Offline for 50-90 Minutes

Chart showing timeline of effect of North American Level 3/TimeWarnerCable Internet outage on 7 November 2011. cc-by Phil Wolff.

More than 3.4 million North American Skype users, about 12% of those online at the time, were affected by an ISP service fumble, with reduced or no [...]

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Skype Journal – November 2011 News Roundup

UK’s OFCOM drags it’s heels on mobile net neutrality, leaving Skype users banned by many mobile operators. Same in other European markets. Jonathan Browning interviewed Skype’s Jean-Jacques Sahel, head of European regulatory affairs at Skype.

Skype PR supports a mountain climber who brings webcams to schools in developing countries.

Your kids can Skype Santa (Florida time, Monday, [...]

6 years, 11 months, and 17 days since Skype Journal launched as a stand-alone blog.

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