You can add contacts on Skype by opening your Contacts list and searching for a name, phone number, or email address. Here's how to do it.

You can use private conversations on Skype to send messages or make calls that are encrypted end-to-end.

When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the first time I remember feeling that an individual app—and not just the broader internet—was radically disrupting communications. Thanks to its implementation of ...

Microsoft has cut two of Skype’s central premium features: credit and custom phone numbers. Instead of credits, the company is now pushing subscriptions — priced regionally and globally, depending on ...

If you have Skype on your phone and a Bluetooth-compatible wireless headset, you can use the headset with the Skype software after you pair the device with your phone. You must also set the headset as ...

For the past week, I've been using a new Keyspan Cordless VoIP Phone for all of my Skype voice calls. This is a nearly perfect device for those who don't care for wearing a headset when talking on ...

Skype, a maker of Net phone software, on Friday announced four partnerships that will let users of its product place calls to phones, rather than just computers. The company said phone carriers Colt ...

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A post on Skype Journal entitled USB Flash Phone for Skype fired up my interest this morning. In the post, Stuart Henshall introduced the product as a USB stick complete with mini-headset. I then went ...