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Skype has temporarily offered free calls to and from mobiles and landlines in Ecuador and Japan as a means to...

European start-up CanvasDropr wanted to provide a better level of service to its users, so it got rid of its old feedback button. And so should you.

Microsoft, as many expected, will shutter WIndows Live Messenger in early 2013, instead beginning a process of migrating the "millions" of existing Messenger users to recently purchased communication service Skype.

What happens when you ask customers to rate your business or service? For ShoreTel Sky, they saw a whole lot of love

Internet usage on the East coast of the United States spiked 114% on Monday as many workers and school-goers were confined to their homes during superstorm Sandy.

More employees are using their personal mobile devices and apps to manage work data but are they a threat to company data privacy and compliance? Many employers seem to think so.

Google's 2012 Silver Surfer Awards with Age Action goes to a gaming granny, 70, who bonds with her grandchildren over Nintendo Wii, DS, and Playstation games

Should your start-up use Google+? Or is just one social network worth investing your entrepreneurial time? Hanging out with Tech Hustlers' Eric Strait we discuss how start-ups can best use their time on the social web

Microsoft's acquisition of Yammer is officially complete. The closing conditions of the $1.2 billion deal were finalised earlier today.

Skype is the most popular video calling application on Android, having exceeded 70 million downloads since launching initially on Google's mobile platform on October 5, 2010.

Skype has just announced a new display ad format known as Conversation Ads that will appear within the calling window of one-to-one Skype-to-Skype audio calls.

Skype has confirmed its rumoured hiring spree, stating that it needs to hire 400 people by the end of summer to "keep pace" with current growth.

What happens when mobile operators stop offering voice and SMS tariffs? Will we see the death of the phone number?

Skype, the internet's most well-known voice, video and instant messaging service, may be building an HTML5-based web application if recent job postings are anything to go by.

Skype has set another new record for the most number of people using the service concurrently, peaking at 34 million users earlier today.

Microsoft has boosted its search credentials with the buyout of VideoSurf – a Shizam-like video search engine founded in 2006 and partially funded by Al Gore.

The Irish Times is using Twitter and Facebook to documents Ireland's new generation of emigrants, and they want to join in.

Facebook has chosen Microsoft's Bing Maps over Google Maps to power new mapping features on its visually improved Timeline profile page. The new Timeline profile places greater emphasis on location-aware postings, with Facebook once again partnering with Microsoft rather than Google - arguably a greater competitor.

Is Europe a hospitable place for entrepreneurs? The Sociable speaks to the founders of CanvasDropr about their experiences of creating a European tech startup.

Earlier today Skype launched their official iPad app only to pull it from the App Store hours later. Skype rather dubiously explained via Twitter that the iPad app had simply gone live "prematurely".