For everyday users, Skype is a robust communications tool to stay in contact with others. You can use it to chat by message, voice and video, and you can even… Read More
GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper is in the second week of his reporting trip to China, where he has been meeting with tech entrepreneurs, hearing from Alibaba’s Jack Ma, and even covering a University of… Read More
The social sharing bar is about to get even more crowded. Microsoft’s Skype is making a bid for that precious digital real estate with the rollout of its own Skype share button,… Read More
Amazon, Google and Walmart are all looking to use unmanned flying vehicles to get goods into customers’ hands as fast as possible. However, a new startup announced on Monday by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: Reporters Taylor Soper and Jacob Demmitt give us the inside scoop on UberEATS — the fastest food delivery service, when you can get it.… Read More
Whenever I need to connect with someone new over Skype, I can never remember my Skype username. Is it my Outlook.com email address, the one that’s also my Twitter handle,… Read More
Microsoft is about to start building its real-time language translation tool directly into Skype for Windows PCs, meaning the 100 million users already on the service will soon be able to have video chats with people of different languages… Read More
It looks like Skype-pocalype may be almost over, about six hours after Microsoft’s video calling service went down for users across the globe. Microsoft says it has figured out the… Read More
Have you ever felt that a clip from a movie or TV show was the only way you could really express yourself? A new addition to Skype may make finding… Read More
Microsoft updated the Skype app for both iOS and Android users today. Both apps have been redesigned to make it easier to start a voice, video or chat conversation. It’s also… Read More
Microsoft’s latest beta of Skype for Web, announced today, brings browser-based voice and video chat worldwide. In addition, Chromebook and Linux users can now instant message using the service. Skype for… Read More
You can do a lot in a web browser, but until today you couldn’t Skype in one. Users in the U.S. and U.K. can now go to web.skype.com to place and… Read More
Anyone who wants to take Microsoft’s Skype Translator program for a spin can now download it for free to their Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 PC without having to go through… Read More
Facebook is offering its users a new way to stay in touch face-to-face. The company announced today that it’s bringing video chat capabilities to its Messenger app, allowing users on… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is on stage right now at the company’s Convergence conference in Atlanta, which has expanded beyond the company’s Dynamics products to serve as the company’s big… Read More
Visitors to the upcoming U.S. Diplomacy Center will use Microsoft technologies including the large-screen Surface Hub computer, Bing Maps and Skype Translator in interactive experiences designed to simulate the challenges encountered by U.S.… Read More
Have you secretly dreamed of kicking it in a hot tub or mountainside with your favorite ESPN X Games athlete in Aspen? Well, this is perhaps as close as you… Read More
Microsoft is launching the first preview of its Skype Translator program this morning, giving Skype users on Windows 8.1 the ability to have their spoken words automatically translated between English and… Read More
Microsoft this morning unveiled a way to use Skype on “just about any screen you can lay your hands on.” The new browser-based Skype for Web will work on Chrome, Firefox… Read More
Microsoft will start using the Skype brand for video chat, voice calling and messaging for businesses, dropping its longtime Lync business communications brand and promising to give companies using the new “Skype for… Read More
Microsoft fans, this bundle is for you. The Redmond company today launched a new $199 annual plan that combines four of the company’s subscriptions into one giant bundle — Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold,… Read More
Looking for a secure messaging tool? The Electronic Frontier Foundation just released a new scorecard comparing a wide variety of apps and services from email providers to video chat apps… Read More
Skype users, get ready to say “bonjour” to the future of international communication. People who want to get their conversations instantly translated into other languages by Microsoft’s video chat software now… Read More
If there’s one thing the mobile app industry has right now, it’s a glut of messaging apps. Now, Microsoft has decided to pile on with Skype Qik: an app that’s… Read More
It’s safe to say that Carl Icahn and Marc Andreessen aren’t exactly on good terms. After Andreessen called Icahn an “evil Captain Kirk,” earlier Thursday, Icahn answered this afternoon by ripping the venture… Read More
Skype for iPhone got an update today that allows people to respond to calls and messages they receive through the service just by interacting with push notifications. Using the support… Read More
Former Skype executive Tony Bates is joining GoPro as president after getting passed over for the top job at Microsoft earlier this year. The appointment, which also includes a board… Read More
In a move likely to be welcomed by many of its users, Skype is making group video calls free, no longer requiring a paid account for the feature. The announcement this morning… Read More
Skype wants to make it easier for broadcasters to use its video chat software to interview people on air, so it’s announcing Skype TX: “studio-grade” software that’s designed to provide… Read More
More than 15,000 energetic students from over 450 schools in Washington state packed an electric Key Arena on Friday for We Day Seattle, an event co-sponsored by Microsoft that celebrates… Read More