Skype

Due to the ongoing pandemic, more people than ever before are currently stuck sitting at their computers, using services like Zoom and Skype. The just-announced Wave for Work smart ring, however, is made to help free them up.

Skype, the Microsoft-owned video calling service available on just about every platform currently in use, is set to be a core part of the upcoming Windows 10 OS.These tips and tricks should help you to get more out of Skype.

In welcome news for anybody who has fumbled around on an unknown computer downloading Skype, Microsoft has announced a beta version for web browser. Skype for Web will be available on an invitation-only basis to start, with aims to roll out globally in the following months.

While just about any webcam will work for Skyping, your best bet would presumably be to use one that’s actually designed for (and licensed by) Skype. Well, that's just what Amaryllo’s iCam HD is – it’s the world’s first HD wireless video-streaming camera to be licensed by the company.

Claudia Kuster and her team at the Computer Graphics Laboratory ETH Zurich are developing a way to bring eye contact to Skype and similar video calling services with software that alters the image of the person on the other end, giving the illusion that they’re looking straight at the camera.

In a series of bombshell leaks, the extent of the US government's alleged spying on Americans has been revealed.

The first iPad-optimized Skype app is now available as a free download from the iTunes App Store.

Skype has announced that Skype Access users can now benefit from a partnership deal with Wi-Fi hotspot providers throughout the globe for pay-as-you-go voice and video calling on the move

The Koegler AudioMouse is a combination computer mouse and phone.

2010 looks to be the year of Skype on your HDTV, with Skype-enabled HDTVs from LG and Panasonic in the pipeline for a Spring release.

The Hercules Dualpix HD720p webcam shoots 720p HD video and adjusts for eye-to-eye video chat sessions.

Logitech has released a series of seven webcams to coincide with its new video calling Vid software.