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Skype Adds PayPal Integration, Lets You Make Payments While Chatting

Kellen August 2, 2017 4

Skype and PayPal announced today that they have teamed up to allow easy, in-the-moment payments between Skype users. Should you be on a Skype call or in a chat and need to send over some cash, you can now do that using your PayPal account without ever leaving...

Skype 7.0 Available for Android, Redesigned UI on Tablets and Better Multitasking

Tim May 26, 2016 7

Skype 7.0 is rolling out to Android users via Google Play with a ton of changes for users of the service. First thing you should notice immediately is a redesigned UI for Android tablets, bringing more of the Material Design hotness that Skype unveiled last...

Report: Google Working on Messaging Service to Rival Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp

Tim December 22, 2015 104

Reported by the Wall Street Journal, Google is working on a brand new messaging service, one to rival Facebook Messenger, Skype, and WhatsApp. If true, it would appear Google is not completely satisfied with its Hangouts offering, but what would differentiate...

Skype Launches First App Since Skype Itself, a Video Chat Service Called Qik

Tim October 14, 2014 11

Skype, the service that practically made video messaging mainstream for this generation, has released its first app since, well, the invention of Skype itself. The app is called Skype Qik, and to be completely honest, it is much like Stories from Snapchat....

Skype 4.7 for Android Looks to Give Your Battery a Breather

Eric March 18, 2014 9

In a post today on their blog, the Skype team reminded us that it made a promise back in July of last year, to make Skype for Android a better experience. Today, only 7 months later, Skype says it is finally delivering on that promise in the form of making its...

Skype for Android Updating to Version 4.4, Features Quality Improvements and New Tablet UI

Tim October 7, 2013 10

Skype for Android is receiving an update to version 4.4, bringing some major changes for tablet users, and additional improvements for all devices running the application. Tablet users will be greeted with an updated user interface, much like the one that...

Skype Updated to Version 4.0, Receives Another Facelift

Tim July 1, 2013 33

It's a new month and to celebrate, Skype is launching a brand new Android app. After finally hitting a huge 100M download milestone, we are greeted with Skype version 4.0. Inside the app, there is a fancy new user interface, based on recent conversations more...

New Skype Video Messaging Feature Allows You to Send Video Postcards

Eric June 17, 2013 10

The video chatting giant, Skype, announced today that they are taking their new video messaging feature out of "preview" and making it available to all of their mobile and Windows applications. Sometimes people aren't available for real-time video chatting,...