Microsoft unveiled its next-generation Xbox One video game console in Redmond, Washington, complete with Skype capabilities. The company is positioning the new Xbox as an all-in-one entertainment system for the living room. Microsoft only briefly addressed games, instead focusing on the stuff that is under the hood, turning the Xbox…
Skype has rolled out an update to its VoIP and messaging app for Windows Phone 8 devices, bringing an assortment of reliability improvements with it. Specifically, these improvements hover around the realm of call, chat, and call notification reliability improvements. Overall, users on the growing WP8 platform should find that…
While BlackBerry may be struggling against iOS, Android, and Windows Phone, life for the platform still ticks steadily on, as can be seen from the release of Skype, available in BlackBerry World for the BlackBerry Z10 starting today. The app brings Skype to the platform with a “me too” frame…
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything regarding Skype Video Messaging and when it would be made available. While it’s not the official version yet, the preview version recently became available in the Windows Store. A few days ago, Microsoft released a preview of Skype Video Messaging for the desktop…
It may have been a long time coming — many Skypers have been waiting to use the VoIP service through the new Outlook.com since the newly revamped service launched last August — but Microsoft is now rolling out a preview version of its Skype service for Outlook.com, allowing users to…
We knew mobile messaging was popular, but what we didn’t know exactly, was just how popular it was. Thanks to new data, we now have an idea: more popular than SMS (text) messaging. Research firm Informa announced today that six of the most popular mobile chat applications, including WhatsApp, Viber,…
Many of you have been asking about Skype for BlackBerry 10 devices, and it looks like the world’s most popular VoIP and messaging app will be coming to the new OS. In fact, it’s already here. The kicker? No one in the general public is able to use it yet….
It’s not going to block access to VoIP services, but the government of Gambia is taking strides to ensure that the revenues of its carriers are protected. The country’s PURA (Public Utilities Regulatory Authority) has outlawed the selling of VoIP services “out of Internet cafés and other places.” This report…
