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Skype continues to run in the background after you close its window. This behavior enables you to receive calls or messages while continuing your work in other programs. By default, Skype displays pop ...

You may have noticed that each time one of your contacts comes online in Skype, there's a small notification that pops up. This can be quite annoying, as this can cause some programs to exit ...

In addition to its desktop and mobile applications, Microsoft offers Skype on the Web, enabling users to access the service directly in their browser. In an update today, the company announced that ...

Microsoft has announced the return of another feature from the old versions of Skype in version 8 of the app. Insiders can now get notifications whenever one of their contacts comes online. Microsoft ...

Skype has expanded the capacity of group calls to 50 people and has added a notification feature for such calls. It started testing both features last month, and they'll be live for everyone starting ...

Microsoft appears to be aiming to make Skype text chats closer to those offered by the likes of Slack and Hipchat – as well as bringing the desktop feature set in ...

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