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Microsoft has rolled out the first phase of integrating Lync and Skype. Merging the two together makes both services better, but an even better solution would be to eliminate one of them altogether. In a blog post announcing the update, Microsoft explains that Skype contacts can now be added to Lync, and Lync users can be added to Skype. The current integration allows...
pcworld.com (19 days ago)
French regulators have launched an investigation into Microsoft's Skype unit after Redmond failed to designate Skype as an electronic communications service.
pcmag.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
Microsoft is rolling out a preview version of Skype for Outlook.com, allowing users to make calls and send instant messages from within the webmail service using a browser plugin.The preview is available to U.K. customers users and is coming to the U.S. and Germany in the coming weeks with worldwide availability this summer, Skype said in a blog post.For the Outlook.com...
pcworld.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
Microsoft has completed the first phase of the integration between its enterprise unified communications (UC) Lync server and its Skype consumer IM and IP telephony network. The company announced on Wednesday that it's now possible for Lync and Skype users to contact each other, engage in IM text sessions and communicate via audio calls. Video conferencing integration will...
pcworld.com (19 days ago)

If you have any expectations about the privacy of your Skype communications, you may want to reassess them. Microsoft appears to be peeking into Skype messages for security reasons, according to Ars Technica. The owner of Skype regularly scans the contents of messages sent on the service for signs of fraud, but what’s done with the information from those scans-whether...
pcworld.com (27 days ago)

Microsoft announced today that they have completed the integration of Skype and their business-centric Lync communication platform. This means that Skype users and Lync users can seamlessly chat with one another, officially merging together consumers and businesses. Lync is Microsoft’s enterprise-level IM client that comes with the company’s new Office 365 software....
slashgear.com (19 days ago)
Microsoft's purchase of Skype is starting to benefit the Windows Phone 8 platform: The newest preview version of Skype for Microsoft smartphones is the first to offer HD video on mobiles.
gigaom.com (3 months ago)
Network equipment maker gets ready to convince Europe's second highest court that it should overturn the EU's approval of Microsoft's purchase of Skype.
businessspectator.com.au (20 days ago)

The productivity convergence has begun. Microsoft began rolling out Skype functionality to Outlook.com late Monday after promising the functionality to Outlook users nearly a year ago. A preview version of Skype for Outlook.com is currently available to a select group of users in the United Kingdom. The company plans to roll out the service to users in the U.S. and...
pcworld.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
Cisco Systems wants an EU court to annul the approval of Microsoft's purchase of Skype.
cnbc.com (19 days ago)
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