An hour or so ago, Fring reported on their blog that we had blocked their access to Skype. I want to make one thing absolutely clear: this is untrue. Fring was using Skype software in a way it wasn’t designed to be used – and in a way which is in breach of Skype’s API Terms of Use ...

If you’re reading this blog, you already know something about Skype. You know that Skype is in the business of enabling people’s conversations. We’re all about increasing the ways people communicate. However, one of the places where there is not enough communication is Washington, ...

Google’s decision to open up VP8 is good for the industry, good for consumers and good for Skype. Modern codecs are expensive to create: Google paid over $100 million for On2 less than a year ago. They are also highly complex – the patent pool for VP8’s main competitor, H.264, cit...

“When a foreign body invades your system, you send in white bloodcells, irrespective of whether they’re good or bad. It’s just how your body is set up. Your mind, too.” This illuminating metaphor explaining resistance to change was delivered by Dr Naif Al Mutawa, founder and ...

I caught up with Josh Silverman earlier for a quick chat about video – past, present and future. In the video above, we talk about what makes video different, its current ubiquity, and a little bit about what the future has in store. He also published a guest post on GigaOM earlier today, whi...

Tonight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Skype’s CEO Josh Silverman keynoted the Leaders in Technology dinner. Hundreds of politicians, regulators and industry-types gathered to hear his remarks. Newly independent from eBay, the very fact that Skype is keynoting this event says a...

Tonight at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Skype’s CEO Josh Silverman keynoted the Leaders in Technology dinner. Hundreds of politicians, regulators and industry-types gathered to hear his remarks. Newly independent from eBay, the very fact that Skype is keynoting this event says a...

Jonathan Rosenberg is our Chief Technology Strategist. Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of testifying to the FCC in the US about network neutrality. The FCC is exploring the issue of managed services – services that a facilities-based provider offers to consumers and carefully manages, so th...

Russ Shaw is General Manager of our mobile business. As the year draws to a close, I thought I’d do two things - first, introduce myself to readers of our blog, and second, talk a little bit about our mobile strategy. Peter tells me there are quite a few of you (hundreds of thousands, in fact)...

Milestones are significant for us, not just because they’re big numbers, but because they reflect the actions of people around the world using Skype to stay in touch with friends, family and colleagues. Right now, there are 20 million people around the world, saying hello (or bonjour, or hola,...