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,...

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,...

I’m Neil, Skype’s General Manager for our global consumer business. What does that mean in simple terms? That I’m responsible for managing our desktop product lineup – Skype for Windows, Mac and Linux – as well as looking after our website, our online marketing and the ...

Brian O’Shaughnessy is Skype’s Head of Global Communications. Coined by the author Malcom Gladwell, ‘tipping points’ have been defined as ‘the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable.’ This momentum for change reached epic heights in the United...

Christopher Libertelli leads Skype’s Government Relations team in the US. Yesterday was a big step forward in the push for net neutrality and mobile openness. I had the pleasure of witnessing an important discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC with Josh Silverman speaking on ...