skype - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Apple removes Skype from app store in China

  Apple has confirmed it has removed several apps including Skype from its app store in China after the country's government pointed to violations of local laws.

• Paul McCartney gives Skype some silly love songs

  Skype announced a new set of animated "Mojis" Wednesday aimed at letting users express their love, with some help from Paul McCartney.

• Revealed: The top 10 apps that companies hate

  Companies are wary about what employees are doing on their smartphones. Be it data loss or time-wasting, a growing number of employers are actively stopping staff from using certain apps on company-controlled devices.

• Skype Translator now speaks German, French

  The Skype Translator beta app now can help people say "guten tag" to their friends in Germany, thanks to an update it received on Thursday.

• Skype to face Belgium criminal court after failure to hand over call data

  Skype will have to appear in a Belgian criminal court after ignoring a judge's order to give law enforcement officials access to data from calls between suspected criminals.

• Nokia's X phone line: What will Microsoft do with it?

  Will Microsoft hold on to Nokia's three new X phones on Android once the deal to buy Nokia is final in the coming weeks? Three analysts attending the Mobile World Congress gave three different perspectives.

Whitepapers about skype

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  Total Cost of Ownership: Polycom and Microsoft

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