Skype is telecommunications application software that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls from computers, tablets and mobile devices via the Internet to other devices or telephones/smartphones.
5. What is Skype?
Skype is
telecommunications application
software that specializes in
providing video chat and voice calls
from computers, tablets and
mobile devices via the Internet to
other devices or
telephones/smartphones.
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6. What is Skype?
Users can also send instant
messages, exchange files and images,
send video messages and
create conference calls.
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7. What is Skype?
Skype is available to download onto
computers running Microsoft
Windows, Mac or Linux, as well
as Android, Blackberry, iOS and Wind
ows Phone, smartphones and tablets.
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8. What is Skype?
Much of the service is free but users
require Skype Credit or a subscription
to call landline or mobile numbers.
Skype is based on a freemium model.
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9. What is Skype?
Skype allows users to communicate by
voice using a microphone, video by
using a webcam, and instant
messaging over the Internet.
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10. What is Skype?
Skype-to-Skype calls to other users
are free of charge, while calls
to landline telephones and mobile
phones ,over traditional telephone
networks are charged via a debit-based
user account system called
Skype Credit.
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11. What is Skype?
Unlike most other VoIP services,
Skype is a hybrid peer-to-peer
and client–server system.
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12. What is Skype?
It makes use of background
processing on computers running
Skype software, and this is reflected
in Skype's original proposed name
of Sky Peer-to-Peer.
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13. History of
Skype
Skype was founded in 2003 by Janus
Friis from Denmark and Niklas
Zennström from Sweden.
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14. History of
Skype
The Skype software was created by
the Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit
Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn
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15. History of
Skype
The first public beta version was
released on 29 August 2003.
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16. History of
Skype
In June 2005, Skype entered into
an agreement with the Polish web
portal Onet.pl.
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17. History of
Skype
On 12 September 2005, eBay Inc.
agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based
Skype Technologies SA for
approximately US$2.5 billion in up-front
cash and eBay stock, plus
potential performance-based
consideration.
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18. History of
Skype
On 1 September 2009, it was
announced that eBay was selling 65%
of Skype to Silver Lake, Andreessen
Horowitz and the Canada Pension
Plan Investment Board for US$1.9
billion, valuing Skype at US$2.75
billion.
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19. History of
Skype
On 10 May 2011, Microsoft
Corporation acquired Skype
Communications, S.à r.l for
US$8.5 billion.
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20. History of
Skype
The company was incorporated as a
division of Microsoft, and Microsoft
acquired all of the company's
technologies with the purchase. This
was completed on 13 October 2011.
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21. History of
Skype
Microsoft phased out its long-standing
Windows Live
Messenger instant messaging service in
favour of Skype, although Messenger
continues in mainland China.
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22. History of
Skype
Microsoft began this transition on 8
April 2013, and completed the move
by 30 April of the same year.
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23. Features of
Skype
Registered users of Skype are
identified by a unique Skype Name,
and may be listed in the Skype
directory.
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24. Features of
Skype
Skype allows these registered users
to communicate through both
instant messaging and voice chat.
Voice chat allows telephone
calls between pairs of users and
conference calling, and uses a
proprietary audio codec.
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25. Features of
Skype
Skype's text chat client allows
group chats, emoticons, storing chat
history and editing of previous
messages.
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26. Features of
Skype
The usual features familiar to
instant messaging users—user
profiles, online status indicators,
and so on—are also included.
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27. Features of
Skype
The Online Number, a.k.a. SkypeIn,
service allows Skype users to receive
calls on their computers dialed by
conventional phone subscribers to a
local Skype phone number;
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28. Features of
Skype
A Skype user can have local
numbers in any of these countries,
with calls to the number charged at
the same rate as calls to fixed lines
in the country. The countries on
this growing list are referred to
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29. Features of
Skype
Skype supports conference calls,
video chats and screen sharing
between 25 people at a time for
free.
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30. Features of
Skype
Skype does not provide the ability to
call emergency numbers such
as 112 in Europe, 911 in North
America, 100 Call Police in India and
Nepal.
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31. Features of
Skype
However, as of December 2012
there is limited support for
emergency calls in the United
Kingdom, Australia, Denmark and Finl
and.
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32. Features of
Skype
The U.S. Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has ruled that, for
the purposes of section 255 of
the Telecommunications Act, Skype is
not an "interconnected VoIP
provider".
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33. Features of
Skype
As a result, the U.S. National
Emergency Number
Association recommends that all VoIP
users have an analog line available as
a backup.
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34. Features of
Skype
On 14 July 2011, Skype partnered
with Comcast to bring its video chat
service to Comcast subscribers via
their HDTV sets.
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35. Features of
Skype
On 17 June 2013, Skype released a
free video messaging service which can
be operated on Windows and Mac
OS, iOS, Android and BlackBerry.
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36. Features of
Skype
On 12 August 2013, Skype released
the 4.10 update to the app for
Apple iPhone and iPad that allows
HD quality video for iPhone 5 and
fourth generation iPads.
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37. Features of
Skype
On 20 November 2014, Microsoft
Office's team announced that a new
chat powered by Skype is going to be
implemented in their software, giving
tools to be able to chat with co-workers
in the same document.
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38. How to Get a
Skype application?
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39. How to Get a Skype
application?
Go to
www.skype.com
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40. It shows like
this..
Go to
www.skype.com
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41. How to Get a Skype
application?
Click..
“Download skype”
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42. It shows like
this..
Go to
www.skype.com
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43. How to Get a Skype
application?
Download page
will show..
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44. Download page
will show..
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It shows like
this..
45. How to Get a Skype
application?
It depends on your Device
what device you used to
download skype.
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46. How to Get a Skype
application?
I used Desktop that’s why
windows desktop marked up
as my download click
button.
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47. Download page
will show..
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It shows like
this..
48. How to Get a Skype
application?
Lets start download
skype..
Click “Get Skype for
windows desktop”
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49. Lets start download
skype..
Click “Get Skype for
windows desktop”
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It shows like
this..
50. How to Get a Skype
application?
Skype has been
Downloaded..
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51. How to Get a Skype
application?
Start install your skype on
your Desktop..
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52. How to Get a Skype
application?
Wait until your skype
installer is done installed in
your desktop..
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53. How to Create
an account in
Skype?
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54. How to create account
in skype?
Click “Join Us”
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55. Lets start download
skype..
It shows like
this..
Click “Get Skype for
windows desktop”
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56. How to create account
in skype?
Create page will show
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57. How to create account
in skype?
It shows like
this..
Create page will show
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58. How to create account
in skype?
You can skip create
account page by
signing in using
Facebook and
Microsoft account..
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59. How to create account
in skype?
It shows like
this..
Create page will show
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60. How to create account
in skype?
You can skip create
account page by
signing in using
Facebook and
Microsoft account..
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61. How to create account
in skype?
If you want to create
an account In skype..
Just fill up the sign
up form.
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62. How to create account
in skype?
It shows like
this..
Create page will show
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63. How to create account
in skype?
If you want to create
an account In skype..
Just fill up the sign
up form.
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64. How to create account
in skype?
After you filled up a
sign up form..
Click..
“I agree and
continue”
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65. How to create account
in skype?
It shows like
After you filled this..
up a
sign up form..
Click..
“I agree and
continue”
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66. How to create account
in skype?
Congratulation!
You have your own
skype account
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67. How to create account
in skype?
It shows like
this..
Congratulation!
You have your own
skype account
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123. Online Status
option will
show..
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It shows like
this..
124. You may choose
what you desired
in your status..
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125. In privacy..
you may set your
privacy settings for
your protection from
unwanted calls and
IM.
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126. In privacy..
you may set
your privacy
settings for your
protection from
unwanted calls
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It shows like
this..
127. In block contacts..
you may block
the person that you
hated to and you
may unblock the
person you forgive.
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128. In block contacts..
you may block
the person that you
hated to and you
may unblock the
person you forgive.
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It shows like
this..
129. In notification..
you may choose
what skypes alert
you want.
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130. In notification..
you may choose
what skypes alert
you want.
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It shows like
this..
131. In alerts & messages..
it gives you
information about
skype.
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132. In alerts & messages..
it gives you
information about
skype.
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It shows like
this..
133. In sounds..
you may customize
your sounds for calls,
Ims , alerts , and
notification.
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134. In sounds..
you may customize
your sounds for calls,
Ims , alerts , and
notification.
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It shows like
this..