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)...

New data released by the exo.performance.network shows that Skype has eclipsed Windows Live Messenger as the number one IM app. Skype’s installed on 17% of computers in the sample set, as opposed to 16.7% for our friends from the home of Kurt Cobain and venti lattes. Also, Randall C. Kennedy a...

The latest update to Skype for iPhone and iPod touch brings a number of improvements: You can set up call forwarding from your iPhone - forward Skype calls to a phone number when you’re not signed in, so you can pick up calls even when the Skype app isn’t running on your device Improved...

Based on a photo by somegeekintn – and yes, I know that it doesn’t have the Skype one in It’s hard to believe that the iPhone App Store is now a year old – for Skype, we’re a relative newcomer. On the 31st March 2009 we launched Skype for iPhone. Since then, it’...

Some of you may have seen update notifications in iTunes or on the App Store on your device, but for those of you who haven’t – Skype 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch is now available for download. New languages Skype for iPhone speaks your language – it’s now available in Danis...

It’s better than ever before – the Gold version of Skype 3.0 for Windows Phones is now available for download. It includes two cool new features: SMS and file transfer. Sending SMSs using Skype is a great way to reach friends and family instantly anywhere in the world – Skype&rsquo...

I spend a lot of time travelling – I’m in Luxembourg and London one week, San Jose the next, and Tokyo the week after that. Each and every week, no matter which city or country I’m visiting, I get asked the same questions: Why can’t I use Skype on my cell phone? When will I b...

For those of you reading this in an RSS reader, you can watch the video here. You can also grab the embed code if you want to use this video in your own blog. Just over a month ago, I mentioned on this blog that we were gearing up to launch Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile , and now it’s rea...

Skype voicemail means that you’ll never miss a call. Your unanswered calls are sent to voicemail and you can listen to messages when you want, wherever you sign in to Skype, or using Skype To Go. To make voicemail even better, we’ve added two new features: voicemail to text and voicemail...

Jai Ho. It turns out Skype is for Slumdog Millionaires–and an Bollywood Oscar song winner. Indian composer AR Rahman won twin Oscars for best song, “Jai Ho” (Hindi for “Be Victorious”) and best score for the film “Slumdog Millionaire” Feb. 22, The Wall Stre...