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Microsoft fills out Skype’s calling features with huge update for business users

For everyday users, Skype is a robust communications tool to stay in contact with others. You can use it to… Read More

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China Diary: Catching up with GeekWire’s Taylor Soper in Beijing

GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper is in the second week of his reporting trip to China, where he has been meeting with… Read More

Skype gets in on the social game with its own ‘share’ button for websites

The social sharing bar is about to get even more crowded. Microsoft’s Skype is making a bid for that precious digital real… Read More

Autonomous robots to deliver packages via sidewalks in new startup from Skype co-founders

Amazon, Google and Walmart are all looking to use unmanned flying vehicles to get goods into customers’ hands as fast… Read More

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Testing UberEATS, the latest on Amazon’s rumored bookstore, and a STEM student’s story of resilience

This week on the GeekWire radio show: Reporters Taylor Soper and Jacob Demmitt give us the inside scoop on UberEATS… Read More

New Skype feature lets you send a link to anyone to start a conversation

Whenever I need to connect with someone new over Skype, I can never remember my Skype username. Is it my… Read More

Microsoft’s real-time language translator coming to Skype as baked-in feature on Windows PCs

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… Read More

Skype-pocalypse winding down as Microsoft begins restoring service after worldwide video chat outage

It looks like Skype-pocalype may be almost over, about six hours after Microsoft’s video calling service went down for users… Read More

Microsoft brings movie moments to Skype chats with new ‘Moji’ feature

Have you ever felt that a clip from a movie or TV show was the only way you could really… Read More

Skype for Android and iOS updated with simplified navigation, enhanced search

Microsoft updated the Skype app for both iOS and Android users today. Both apps have been redesigned to make it easier… Read More

Skype comes to Chromebooks for the first time, but not for calls yet

Microsoft’s latest beta of Skype for Web, announced today, brings browser-based voice and video chat worldwide. In addition, Chromebook and Linux… Read More

Microsoft bringing Skype to a browser near you with Skype for Web beta

You can do a lot in a web browser, but until today you couldn’t Skype in one. Users in the… Read More

Microsoft opens Skype Translator preview to all

Anyone who wants to take Microsoft’s Skype Translator program for a spin can now download it for free to their Windows… Read More

Facebook continues Messenger push with addition of video calling

Facebook is offering its users a new way to stay in touch face-to-face. The company announced today that it’s bringing… Read More

Microsoft unveils new business products, with Russell Wilson cameo and jabs at Apple and Google

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is on stage right now at the company’s Convergence conference in Atlanta, which has expanded beyond… Read More

Your chance to avert a global crisis! Microsoft to power diplomatic simulations at new U.S. museum

Visitors to the upcoming U.S. Diplomacy Center will use Microsoft technologies including the large-screen Surface Hub computer, Bing Maps and Skype… Read More

Live your bro fantasy and Skype with top X Games athletes this weekend

Have you secretly dreamed of kicking it in a hot tub or mountainside with your favorite ESPN X Games athlete… Read More

Microsoft launches Skype Translator preview on Windows 8.1, vowing to break down language and cultural barriers

Microsoft is launching the first preview of its Skype Translator program this morning, giving Skype users on Windows 8.1 the ability… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Skype for Web’ brings support for IE, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox

Microsoft this morning unveiled a way to use Skype on “just about any screen you can lay your hands on.”… Read More

‘Skype for Business’: Microsoft dropping Lync brand in next release

Microsoft will start using the Skype brand for video chat, voice calling and messaging for businesses, dropping its longtime Lync business communications… Read More

Microsoft’s mega-subscription: Office, Xbox Live, Xbox Music and Skype, for $199/year

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… Read More

New scorecard knocks Skype and other messaging services for lacking security features

Looking for a secure messaging tool? The Electronic Frontier Foundation just released a new scorecard comparing a wide variety of… Read More

Guten tag, Skype! Microsoft opens sign-ups for real-time translation beta

Skype users, get ready to say “bonjour” to the future of international communication. People who want to get their conversations instantly… Read More

Skype launches Qik, an app that lets friends talk with videos

If there’s one thing the mobile app industry has right now, it’s a glut of messaging apps. Now, Microsoft has… Read More

Carl Icahn rips Marc Andreessen over Skype deal, says VC has ‘screwed more people than Casanova’

It’s safe to say that Carl Icahn and Marc Andreessen aren’t exactly on good terms. After Andreessen called Icahn an “evil… Read More

Skype for iPhone update lets users respond to calls from lock screen

Skype for iPhone got an update today that allows people to respond to calls and messages they receive through the… Read More

Former Skype CEO Tony Bates lands at camera maker GoPro

Former Skype executive Tony Bates is joining GoPro as president after getting passed over for the top job at Microsoft… Read More

Skype makes group video calls free, following Google’s lead

In a move likely to be welcomed by many of its users, Skype is making group video calls free, no longer… Read More

Lights, Camera, Skype: Broadcast-quality video chat coming soon

Skype wants to make it easier for broadcasters to use its video chat software to interview people on air, so… Read More

WeDay 2014: Pete Carroll and Seattle tech execs deliver empowerment message to kids

More than 15,000 energetic students from over 450 schools in Washington state packed an electric Key Arena on Friday for… Read More