Microsoft yesterday announced that the company closed the acquisition of Skype which is now an official part of Microsoft Corp. The acquisition, which cost Microsoft $8.5 billion US Dollars was originally announced on May 10, 2011. Former Skype CEO Tony Bates is the first president of Microsoft’s Skype division reporting directly to Microsoft CEO Steve [...]

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I cannot really recall when I first started using TeamSpeak to communicate with my mates in the evening. Must have been around the time when Unreal Tournament was actively played by hundreds of thousands of players. Despite some competing products, like Ventrilo, Skype or BC it was TeamSpeak that I kept using throughout the years. [...]

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It does not happen often that software updates ship with critical security updates. But that’s exactly the case with the Skype 5.5 release for Windows. Skype 5.5 is the first version with Facebook integration. Skype users with a Facebook account can now use some of Facebook’s functionality right in the voice over IP software. This [...]

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Even if you do not like Google you must have to admit that they are brilliant when it comes to tapping in markets and providing products that many people want to use. Google Voice for instance offers that many additional features that it on its own is a very competitive and interesting product. Features like [...]

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Translation is sometimes the only option to communicate with someone or to understand the information that are posted on a website. Skype Translate is a free service for the voice over IP software Skype that will automatically translate text into another language that has been selected by the user. Skype Translate offers several advantages over [...]

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Skype is a popular voice over IP client for various operating systems. It has since then evolved to not only offer voice over IP capabilities but also video conferencing, text chat and instant messaging functionality. The standard Skype software needs to be installed in the Windows operating system. This installation can add some weight to [...]

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A new beta version of the Windows edition of Skype 4.1 has been released today. The new version adds several new features to the voice over IP client that increase its value for end users and business alike. Probably the most popular change is the addition of screen sharing which makes it possible to share [...]

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One of the biggest issues many users have with the VOIP software Skype is that it does not provide a way to record phone conversations. Plugins for Skype are one of the alternative at this point and we have covered some already here at Ghacks: Record Skype Calls. Skype Call Recorder is another computer software [...]

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If you always wanted to sound like someone else when making calls in Skype you might find the Skype Voice Changer application handy. The software provides the means to change the voice in Skype but can also alter the voices in mp3 or wav files that get loaded directly into the software. The current release [...]

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