Over the past few months I have been a frequent participant on Alec Saunders’ daily SquawkBox conference call where several of those involved in following today’s communications and web developments will discuss topics of the day. Subjects for yesterday’s call were the impact of the Internet on this years U.S. President campaign and Skype’s fifth [...]
Communications Stories, Skype News, Using Skype
About two weeks ago Skype launched a new type of beta … one that actually will end at some point in the reasonably near future but that is also a major effort to incorporate user feedback while trialing some new concepts. As mentioned in my previous posts about this beta, this is not a replacement [...]
Skype News, Skype Software, Using Skype
Over the past two weeks there have been several announcements and activities related to the personal conversation space:
Skype announced its Skype 4.0 beta program trialing a “full desktop” interface.
SightSpeed announced an improved SightSpeed client with many engineering improvements to enhance video and audio quality
SightSpeed for Business announced a 9-party video conferencing capability
iotum launched its rebranded [...]
Communications Stories, Conversation Providers, Skype Software
We reported earlier that Mike Bartlett, Skype for Windows Product Manager, would be the guest on Friday’s Squawk Box. With 15 fifteen participants, Mike answered questions ranging from features of the new Skype for Windows 4.0 Beta; plans and objectives for the beta program, the challenges of trying to launch concurrent (Windows, Mac, Linux) versions, [...]
Skype News, Skype Platform, Skype Software, Using Skype
Caution: Skype 4.0 for Wiindows Beta 1 is about improving the User Interface but it is not a replacement for your ongoing Skype conversations on your primary PC and should only be used on a secondary PC to provide user feedback.
While over the years, over 300 million have figured out how to download and install [...]
Skype News, Skype Platform, Skype Software
Guest Post: Hudson Barton is a communicatons consultant whose Borderless Communicator blog not only talks about Skype and related IP communications activity but also attempts to track Skype’s “real usage”. According to his analysis, Skype has just cracked the 30 million real or” currenlty active” user number (based on tracking Users Online vs time-of-day). [...]
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Having reflected on Skype’s accomplishments in 2007 and some of the more interesting devices and technologies that have crossed my way, now for my projections for 2008. (In the interest of enhanced objectivity — not that I can be totally objective — I have yet to read Phil’s 37 Sketchy 2008 Skype Predictions or Andy’s [...]
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The highlight of today’s sessions at Voice over the Net Canada was a presentation by Stefan Oberg, General Manager, Skype for Desktop and Skype Hardware. Stefan’s theme built on Alec Saunders’ Voice 2.0 Manifesto by talking about how Skype is working to be “better than a phone”.
After reviewing the history of text messaging from [...]
Conferences and Events, Skype News, Skype Software, Using Skype