Category Archives: Skype

Why SEO Is Important: VTech Issues Vista Update For Skype Phone, But Where Is Vtech?

So, funny thing: this morning, I was looking to see if VTech had finally gotten around to releasing an update for its cordless VTech phones with respect to making them Vista compatible, so I googled “vtech skype vista support”, because I’m too lazy to sort through their own site. You might recall me ranting [...]

Skype Gives Back 7 Days for 2 Days Of Outage.

I was pretty harsh with this mealy mouthed response to the Skype outage a few days ago — but it looks like in a bid to make things right Skype is doing more than just making apologies.
In giving a kind of ‘refund’ to paying users. Some of them anyway: Skype Pro, Skype Unlimited, SkypeIn or [...]

Secret To Preventing “Cyber-Attacks”? Its *LOVE*, Man.

Today I learned a valuable thing about computer, networking, and Internet security.  I mean, I don’t know the first things about such things, but it turns out that you *don’t* actually need fancy certifications, experience, or even have something workable to defend your computer intra-networked-webs.
All you need is *LOVE*, man. ;)
Well, that’s what I’m getting [...]

Is Skype Ready For Prime Time?

Some news out of GigaOm, where it looks like Skype and Wal-Mart have struck a deal wherein Skype-branded products will now be carried by Wal-Mart.
All elitest snobbery aside, is anyone else wondering if the name “Skype” carries any cachet to the Wal-Mart crowd? I’m thinking, (as you might) probably not.
But, is Skype really so [...]