![]() ![]() ![]() I can’t say I remember any memorable Facebook messages, but there are Skype video calls I can’t forget. Sure, Facebook has more subscribers, but I’d ditch that social network any day of the week if I had to choose between it and Skype. With more than 170 million active users around the world, I’m not alone. Aside from Gmail, it’s the one piece of technology that I’d hate to live without. In my world, it’s fair to say that Skype is a necessity. But she also has more importantly found the value in Skype for reinforcing family relationships through calls to relatives, especially to her parents for the weekly grandparent call – regardless of where either she, in her travels, and her parents are geographically.Īmber speaks for all Skype users in her conclusion: She regularly uses Skype for her current productions and business activity. She was a pioneer in using Skype video for TV broadcast feeds – even when the best Skype video call resolution was 320 x 240 – long before Oprah. Technology journalist, technology TV program host/producer and social networking strategist Amber MacArthur has summed up the desires of most Skype users in her Tending Tech blog on the Globe and Mail website in a post: Dear Microsoft, don’t mess up Skype.Īmber outlines the history of her experience using Skype video. Yet we can now certainly see that a Skype for Windows Mobile can be expected to surface by year end.īut it’s really the user experiences that will both win new users and drive continued use by existing users. Thus, for instance, the ongoing support of Skype clients for Mac OS/X, iOS4 handheld devices, Android devices and even Linux. As reinforced at the acquisition press conference, any move that would threaten or inhibit those users’ ability to continue using Skype would not help Microsoft’s bottom line. ![]() They range from Microsoft’s perception as doomsday venom for an acquisition’s products and services to praise for the potential to merge two complementary software companies that allow not only the continuation of the current service but also leveraging real time conversation features and technology into Microsoft’s existing platforms and products.īut the bottom line is that over 170 million people have actively been using Skype this year. Tuesday’s announcement of the pending Microsoft acquisition of Skype has certainly drawn a complete spectrum of comments, feedback and posts. ![]()
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