Skype hits the one billion download mark
Skype has passed its one billionth download today.
Its an astounding number when stacked against how long it took to hit 500 million (4 years), the second 500 million was done in under two.
To mark the occasion I logged on for the first time in, well, its been a while, grabbed a headset and decided to [...]
Talkster’s Free World Dialing Comes to Skype™
TORONTO—June 23, 2008—Voice 2.0 company, Talkster (www.Talkster.com), will bring its Free World Dialing ad-supported calling service to Skype Unlimited and Skype subscription service customers starting today, providing free international and long distance calls from Skype to any phone, mobile or landline, in more than 30 countries.
This new addition to Talkster’s Free World Dialing service [...]
Have we over innovated?
A paragraph from an excellent post from Luca Filigheddu got me thinking about voice and where its at and where its going.
“All that being said, it’s very difficult for me to see another major disruption coming in the short term to impact mobile communications. I’m referring to changing the way people use their mobile phone [...]
Standby for naked dash, 3 Skypephone rocks
This is turning into a kind of confessional get it all off my chest day, feast on the humble pie and get it out of the way.
I was 100% wrong on the 3Skypephone, the bloody thing rocks
I started testing the 3Skypephone seriously a couple of weeks ago and can’t get the damn thing to fail, [...]
Skype returns to its telecoms roots
Today’s new Skype tariffs are the first positive sign of a return to its telecoms roots.
Stefan Oberg, VP & GM telecoms at Skype said “if you live in London, for just €2.95 a month, you can call your grandmother in Poland, whenever you like, talk for up to six hours at a time, and not [...]
If you need top quality voice conferencing
On Monday in London I took part in a record breaking six hour voice conference with a number of participants spread globally.
I couldn’t believe the quality, it was definitely 5 by 9 and with attendees dialling in on Skype this was a first for me.
I have only now got around to asking the administrator who [...]
Skype hits 100 billion minutes, all of them free!
I am not a huge Skype fan I think that is pretty obvious to anyone who reads here regularly.
Therefore news last week that Skype has hit 100 billion minutes therefore is not going to make me rip off my clothes and take to the streets of Cork in celebration.
Firstly, everyone of these minutes were [...]