Facebook today began testing a new feature in its Messenger app for Android and iOS that lets us send short “push to talk” voice messages. A modern walkie-talkie! Canadian iOS users get more as they can call each other for free anywhere they have a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. So if the test goes well, perhaps the rest of the world will get it for both Android and iOS. We can at least hope. The added functionality is to be expected as Microsoft continues to integrate Skype […] Continue reading →
I’ve started using the early public beta of Skype 4.0 for Windows, and I am not sure what to say. I am not used to instant messenger client covering the whole screen, and by the way the screen is 27″ Full HD. What is the purpose with making Skype in to a one window app? Will advanced users get the option to run Skype in multiple windows as before? I dislike having to scroll down a long buddylist to see who have written to me. Another thing, is the important space used to show […] Continue reading →
I’ve been on and off on recommending Skype, mostly cause I found the development going in the wrong direction. The application has over time gotten bloated with unnecessary functionality. Skype v3.8 is focusing on making it’s core functionality better. As far as I can see, no new features are added. Both the improvements I want to point out, are important for us that give support on Skype in a professional environment: The main improvements can be found under the hood of the […] Continue reading →
The last couple of days rumors have it that something is brewing between Google and Ebay’s Skype. I am a frequent user of Skype and it is the solution that we have chosen for VoIP and video conferences at my faculty. But, I had problems with seeing how Skype could bigger money and what Ebay saw in Skype. Skype’s two major problems have been that they had to make PC-to-PC calls free (to compete with MSN, Yahoo and Google Talk) and the second problem was to compete with traditional […] Continue reading →
I tend to pop in read the blog aggregator at Skype once a week, reading about the development of the VoIP client. It is still my prefered way of communicate, simply cause most of my friends and colleagues are using it. But is far from the best, Google Talk seems to be superior when it comes to sound quality. What worse is that Skype tends to become bloated, the developers behind it are adding more and more useless features for the most of us. The possibility to charge somebody when calling […] Continue reading →
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