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Microsoft launches new Skype for Linux and Chrome

Linux and Chromebook users now have new versions of Skype to play with. Microsoft launched an alpha version of a new client for Linux on Wednesday morning, in a push to get users of the open source operating system video calling and messaging with Skype.

This is Microsoft's vision of a holographic office

Microsoft showed off a demo of how the HoloLens could be used in a business context at its Worldwide Partner Conference on Monday, aiming to attract interest from the developers and integrators in the audience.

Skype's bot invasion continues with group chats

Want to have a group trivia contest on Skype? the communication service announced a set of updates to its bot functionality on Friday that will let users bring digital quizmasters and other automated conversation participants into group text conversations.

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