What is Skype? Katrina Belogorsky Community Engagement Librarian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Katrina Belogorsky Community Engagement Librarian December 21, 2016

What is Skype?

• Skype is a way of sending phone calls across the internet… and

because it’s the internet, calls are FREE

• Skype uses technology called VOIP “voice over Internet

protocol”

• Free calls over the Internet
• Free to download software
• SKYPE is available in 38 languages

What is Skype?

• Founded in August 2003, Skype is the leading global Internet

communications company.

• Skype is headquartered in Luxemburg (offices in Europe, US and

Asia)

• Was acquired by eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) in October 2005-

Sepember 2009

• August 2010 Skype announced to go Public on Wall Street
• 30% users are use Skype for business
• 40% international calls made through SKYPE (2014)
• 300 million use SKYPE (2015)
• On 5/10 2011, Microsoft Corporation agreed to acquire SKYPE

Communications for $8.5 billion

Who are Skype?

• Video calls (SKYPE to SKYPE)
• Group video calls (up to 25 people)
• Voice calls (SKYPE to SKYPE)
• Instant messaging
• Screen Sharing
• File Sharing

FREE with SKYPE

• Calls to mobiles and landlines worldwide at low rates.
• Send text messages from just a few pennies.
• Get online at over two million public hotspots worldwide with

Skype WiFi. Purchasing Skype Credit is one way to do.

Why do I have to pay for skype?

• The convenience of a local number, wherever you are.
• Select from a wide variety of area codes in several

countries/regions and pick up on Skype using any device.

Additional Features – Skype Number

• Don’t be an unknown number. Let people know who’s calling

with free caller identification.

• You can also display your Skype Number as your Caller ID.
• Need to set up this feaure

Additional Feautures- Caller ID

• Make international calls to phones at low calling rates from your

mobile or landline.

• Tell us the international number you want to call.
• We’ll give you a new number to dial.
• Call the new number from your phone and get straight through

abroad at low calling rates.

Additional Features – Skype To Go Number

• Skype WIFI
• Skype Manager (mostly for business)

Use it to create Skype accounts, allocate credit and features so that everyone gets the most out of Skype.

• Skype Connect (mostly for business)

Receive Skype calls on your office phones and make low cost calls by integrating Skype with your existing phone system.

Other Features

• Contact me button
• Help your website visitors get in touch with you on Skype.
• Add a button to your site so people can call or instant

message you with one click.

Other Features

• Share button
• Get people talking about your website.
• Faster and easier way to share content from your site, straight

into a Skype chat.

Other Features

• Skype Extension
• Read a good article? Now you can share the web page directly

with your Skype contacts.

• Download the Skype extension for Chrome and Firefox for fast

access to sharing through your browser.

Other Features

• Skype Translator
• Translate voice calls and video calls in 7 languages and instant

messages in over 50!

Other Features

Similar Products

• Free text, calling, photo messages and location-sharing with Viber

users

• No registration, alias or invitations required
• Instantly integrates with your own contact list
• Best-quality mobile calls using 3G or Wi-Fi

Viber to Viber calls are always FREE

Viber

• There is no need to remember any names or passwords and so
• n, as the mobile number is the only identification used by the

app

• All the contacts that are present in your phone list are

automatically saved for the Viber contact list as well

Pros of Viber

Make cheap International and domestic calls at low rates Viber Out lets Viber users from all over the world call EVERYONE at local rates (even if they are not Viber users)

Viber Out

• Say Anything - Send high-quality group, text, picture, and video

messages, all FREE over WIFI or using data.

Signal Private Messenger

• Was founded in 2009
• Was acquired by Facebook in 2014

With the use of an Internet connection you can send text, photos, video clips, your location data (that opens up on Google Maps), audio clips as well as a friend’s contact to another friend via

• WhatsApp. Voice calling is also available.

WhatsApp

• Similar to services like, Telegram accounts are tied to telephone

numbers and verified by or phone call.

• Free over WIFI or use data plan

Telegram app

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