Categorie: skype

Serious Skype Security Flaw Prompts Password Reset Page Removal

Microsoft, security, skype, social, TC, threat

skype-logoSkype faced a fairly serious security threat today, thanks to a flaw in the system that allowed people to sign up with email addresses already in use by other users and then force password resets for any accounts associated with those emails. Reset tokens could be delivered to the Skype client itself, meaning people didn’t need access to email accounts to reset passwords associated with them.

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Facebook Collections: How Facebook’s Walled Garden Is Set To Embrace E-commerce

collections, content, Content Marketing, content marketing strategy, e-commerce, facebook, online shopping, pinterest, Pinterest-ification, Pottery Barn, skype, strategic content agency, Zuckerberg

The social media giant built on social connections could be on the verge of radically shifting the e-commerce landscape.   Last week I wrote about the phenomenon known as Pinterest-ification (the idea that websites and social media platforms across the internet are emulating design principles from Pinterest‘s tile-based layout). Well, Facebook has ‘borrowed’ from Pinterest […]

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Skype Gets Retina-Ready, Adds Multi-Window Chat And Live Messenger Support

mac, skype, social, TC, update, Windows

skypemacSkype hit version 6 today, with a rare simultaneous release for both Windows and Mac. This brings a whole bunch of new features to the table, including single sign-on with both Facebook and Microsoft credentials, so that new users don’t even have to sign up for Skype itself, Retina display compatibility for Macs, and multi-window chats.

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Skype Gets Retina-Ready, Adds Multi-Window Chat And Live Messenger Support

mac, skype, social, TC, update, Windows

skypemacSkype hit version 6 today, with a rare simultaneous release for both Windows and Mac. This brings a whole bunch of new features to the table, including single sign-on with both Facebook and Microsoft credentials, so that new users don’t even have to sign up for Skype itself, Retina display compatibility for Macs, and multi-window chats.

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Skype Reaches A 45M Concurrent User Peak, And What Looks Like A New Stage Of Momentum

eBay, Europe, IM, Microsoft, mobile, p2p, peer to peer, skype, social, TC, videoconferencing, VoIP

skype_logo_onlineIn case you thought Skype may be slowing down while settling into being a part of Microsoft and recently celebrating its ninth birthday, here are some numbers that seem to indicate otherwise: Last week, Skype reached a new peak of 45,469,977 concurrent users online, part of a strong run for the peer-to-peer voice/video/chat service this year. Overall it has seen an increase of 70% so far in 2012, compared to growth of around 30% for the same period in 2011.

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How’s Skype Doing At MSFT? Usage Jumps 50%, Users Logged 115B Minutes Of Calls Last Quarter

earnings, Enterprise, Microsoft, mobile, skype, social, TC, VoIP

MicrosoftSkype-logoIn May of last year, Microsoft acquired everybody’s favorite VoIP and chat provider, Skype, for a cool $8.5 billion. It was a big move for Microsoft and a landmark deal, which it officially closed in October. Yet, as Frederic pointed out earlier this week, other than getting to wear the brand’s pin on its lapel, Microsoft has been quiet about its plans for Skype.

However, as part of its quarterly earnings announcement this afternoon, we got a glimpse into just how well Skype has been performing since it joined MSFT’s ranks. One notable milestone to come out of those stats? Users logged 115 billion minutes of calls on Skype over the quarter — a number that was up 50 percent over the prior quarter.

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