Skype, voice and video calling, is coming to Outlook.com, Microsoft announced on Monday. The company is rolling out the service as a preview, starting with UK now, and Germany and the U.S. in the coming weeks; for everyone else support will arrive in summer. Outlook.com has been receiving a number of updates lately, but the [...]
In case you accidentally merged your Skype profile with a Microsoft account that you didn’t intend to, don’t panic you only need to unlink Skype from the Microsoft account, and then sign-in once again in the Skype Windows 8-style app with the correct email address and everything will be OK. Most likely it won’t be an issue, but you [...]
If you use Skype for Windows desktop application, the next time you update, you will find that Microsoft has added new integration for Outlook 2013 or 2010. The new features includes instant messaging, call support and video messaging. The three new features are well-blend into the email application, there isn’t anything that shouts “Skype”, but [...]
Although Christmas Time fills our hearts with nostalgia, sometimes we need to recur to today’s social media just to feel closer to that special person. Having this in mind, Microsoft’s Skype has announced that it will give you one month free of its Premium service. This offer from Skype will give users the access to [...]
With Microsoft retiring Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype, starting version 6.0 of the messaging service for Windows and Mac OS X, the company is already prompting users to merge their Skype accounts with Microsoft accounts. What people may not know is that linking the two accounts is permanent and they cannot undo this [...]
As we talked on Monday, Microsoft has now confirmed that Windows Live Messenger (WLM) is retiring and Skype will take over as the primary Microsoft’s messaging service. The move to the new service started a few weeks back with the release of Skype version 6 for Windows and Mac OS X. According to a new Skype blog article, WLM [...]
This should not come as a surprise, but it’s just been reported by The Verge that Microsoft will soon announce that they will be discontinuing Windows Live Messenger and replacing it with the most popular VoIP software in the market, Skype. The software giant has been getting ready for this transition for quite sometime and has slowly [...]
A little over two months ago, we looked at a sneak peek of Skype for Windows 8, and now Microsoft is about to release the final version of the official app on Friday, October 26th. The client will be available for Windows 8 and for Surface with Windows RT, which will provide a redesigned UI matching Windows [...]
Skype version 5.8 for Windows has been released and it brings some interesting features, such as full HD video calls, group screen sharing and Facebook integration. Now users with HD webcam, like the Microsoft LifeCam Studio 1080p HD Webcam (order from Amazon.com) or the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 (order from Amazon.com) that encodes the video right into [...]
If you have family or friends who are miles away, there are no excuses to keep from getting in touch with them. Nowadays we have many solutions that can help to shorten distance with our loved ones, they are free and they do an amazing job. In this article I would like to share 5 [...]