Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Skype: new web version and end of the Touch Application – MetroNews

Use Skype without the need to install an application. This is the opportunity given by its publisher Microsoft with the new version of its web conferencing software. By connecting to web.skype.com, we can now access its functionality directly online. The system remains for now in beta.

The main interest of this version is to be accessible from a public computer, for example. You are abroad and connect you from a hotel or Internet cafe? Simply go to the site to communicate with your Skype contacts. Voice, video and instant messaging are supported.


Functionality atomized in Windows 10

With the upcoming release of Windows 10, is currently the big bang on the side of Skype. Microsoft announced on June 11, the judgment of the “Modern UI” version of the application. Dedicated to the touch environment of Windows 8.1, it never found its audience, particularly because of the lack of some features, such as group conversation.

In Windows 10, Skype will also not installed by default, but its services are divided into the different applications of the operating system: Messaging, Phone and Video. Those who wish to consolidate all these uses in one application will have to install it themselves the “desktop” version of Skype. After being bought for $ 8.5 billion in 2011 by Microsoft, Skype will eventually be very discreet about Windows 10.

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