Skype will license a high-quality audio codec in its latest VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software to any developer or vendor free of charge, the eBay subsidiary announced Tuesday. The codec, ...

Skype has a dedicated sound test tool via which you can check to see whether both your microphone and speakers are working as they should. The tool works by having you call an automated computer ...

No one wants to be that guy or girl who's causing screeching feedback on a Skype call, but it happens. Worse than that, though, is having it happen and not knowing how to fix it. Skype representatives ...

Some use Skype for making free online calls while others use its variant like Skype for Business for effective collaboration. As such, your Skype calls’ sound and video quality mustn’t be dull.

Skype has a new audio codec in the works. For users of the service, which is pretty formidable already when it comes to video and audio calls over the internet, it has one significant improvement.

One of the main news stories from last week's Lync Conference in Las Vegas was that the next release of Lync would support not just Skype audio and IM, but also video. The intention is to provide ...

Skype is one of the platforms that popularized video chatting. Part of Skype's popularity is the flexibility to video chat using virtually any kind of webcam, from webcam hardware built directly into ...

Skype's got a new audio codec that it thinks you should be pumped about, and it's called "Opus." It's been kicked around at Skype since March 2009, though work didn't begin in earnest until June of ...

Skype messaging service is configured by default to notify you when you receive a new message, emitting a sound. If you’re engaged in something important and would like to avoid any distractions, you ...

Skype will license a high-quality audio codec in its latest VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software to any developer or vendor free of charge, the eBay subsidiary announced Tuesday. The codec, ...