Skype Planning A Big Social Advertising Upgrade, Starting First With Windows 8. Skype has long been talking about the different ways that it could monetize its calling and messaging platform.
Now, with Microsoft as its owner and 280 million monthly users passing through its voice, video and messaging network, it looks like it is getting serious. Today the company unveiled Skype Ads for Windows 8, a new initiative it plans to launch formally in 2013 that will see a number of new ad formats enter the service that play on social interactivity. They include promotions that will appear in conversation streams and ways for two people talking to each other to share sponsored content while communicating on the platform. (Yes, it sounds a lot like what Facebook is doing.) The move follows other, smaller advances that Skype has made in ads over the past year. One is a way for advertisers to offer interactive experiences that two parties can engage in at the same time: for example, looking at and playing with a car model (say, a car model promoted by a car company). Skype plugs security hole letting anyone hijack accounts, says ‘small number’ of users affected.
14 November '12, 04:31pm Follow A number of hours after The Next Web revealed a flaw in the way Skype handled password resets, allowing third-parties to hijack accounts using just an email address, Skype has said that it has now fixed the issue.
The company has confirmed it first mitigated the issue, but has now updated its password reset process so that it doesn’t send tokens to the client. We have confirmed ourselves that this flaw has been fixed. Skype for iOS updated with full screen support for the iPhone 5. Skype today announced an update to its native iOS app.
You can download the latest version now from the official Apple App Store. Apart from the usual “Bug fixes,” the only point mentioned in the Skype version 4.1.2 changelog is “Support for iPhone 5 display.” The app’s requirements now read: “Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.” What this means is that the updated app takes full advantage of the 16:9 widescreen screen display.
Compared to other apps, Skype is very late to the game when it comes to adding iPhone 5 support. While this is a minor update for iOS, it is a must for iPhone 5 users. Given how many app makers operate, however, it would not surprise me if an Android app update was next. Skype in the Workspace launches to help millions of SMBs network globally. Skype has announced that it’s taking its ‘in the classroom’ concept beyond educational establishments and into the wider working world with the launch of Skype in the Workspace .
Skype in the Classroom was launched way back in 2010, and was one of the company’s first forays into the education realm, aimed at helping like-minded teachers collaborate on projects and share resources. And now the Microsoft-owned VoIP tool is taking this same concept to the workplace. Skype in the Workspace (SITW) is aimed primarily at small businesses, and is geared towards promoting the peer-to-peer video networking platform as the tool of choice for communicating with customers and other partners globally. Users can send messages, talk or even arrange face-to-face meetings. Sobre Migración de Live Messenger (MSN) a Skype. Entrevistamos a Alejandro Arnaiz. [Audio] Roam no more: Skype brings its prepaid cards to 1,400 UK stores. 5 November '12, 09:05am Follow Microsoft-owned VoIP giant Skype has opened sales of its prepaid cards in the UK, allowing consumers to top up before they go on their travels and enjoy low-cost calls, text messages and connection to over 1 million WiFi hotspots around the world.
To boost the availability of the cards, Skype has partnered with five of the UK’s biggest retailers, including Asda, Currys, PC World, Sainsburys’ and WHSmith, ensuring that they will be on sale in more than 1,400 stores across the UK. Skype credit will be available in two denominations – £10 and £20 — which can be purchased in-store and then redeemed online. Although European mobile roaming prices are starting to come down, the gift of a Skype prepaid card opens up the company’s paid features, which includes calls from 1.6 pence a minute, as well as free WiFi access in airports (when you’re probably going to need it the most).