Skype is without a doubt the most popular text,
voice and video communication software today, with reach that rivals many
social networks and almost every other text-based chat client of today. It
enables you to connect with your friends anywhere in the world on their desktop
PCs, mobile phones, tablets, television screens and consoles, enabling not only
safe and easy “peer to peer” communication, but also ability to call regular
mobile phones worldwide, secure transferring of files, conference calling, and
desktop screen sharing.
Created in August of 2003 by the developers Ahti
Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström,
this freemium voice-over-IP service and instant messaging app grew with
tremendous pace, mostly because it managed to give people unique opportunity to
call landline and mobile phone numbers directly from their PC. As years went on
this VoIP focus remained strong, but other elements of the site grew, enabling
hundreds of millions of people easy way to establish text, audio and video chats
between wide variety of supported hardware devices and operating systems
(Windows, Linux, Mac, OS X, iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, and many home
and portable consoles).
All of those features can be accessed on PC even
on very old configurations, widening the possible user base to almost all
modern PC users. As of end of 2011, Skype was used by over 630 million people,
and in 2012 this app was purchased by the software giant Microsoft who further
more enabled Skype to become part of their entire OS ecosystem. See all
the great things you can do on Skype:
Catch up with video
Enjoy free video calls with anyone who also has
Skype. Share a bedtime story, host a meeting or take a language class with our
best ever video quality.
Call all over the world
Call people who are on Skype for free or on their
phones at great low rates. Ring your best friend to make weekend plans or touch
base with a client on the other side of the world with crystal clear audio.
Bring your social network to life
Skype made it even easier to keep in touch with
friends and family. Now you can connect with your Facebook friends through
Skype. See your Facebook newsfeed, update your status, comment and like direct
from Skype.
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