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  Skype Meet Now is Microsoft's effort to make Skype calls as easy as possible

  Skype has begun promoting Skype Meet Now, a simple way to place a video call to one or more people without the need for a subscription or download.

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  Skype calling with Alexa now available

  Skype calling with Alexa is now available to customers in Australia, New Zealand, US, UK, India and Canada.

• Skype's major redesign prioritizes helpful bots and a smart camera over traditional video chats

  Skype's next major upgrade adds an army of smart bots and services that are eager to supplement your chats with your group of best friends.

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  Skype's radical real-time voice translator now works with normal phone calls

  Skype's making it easier to use Skype Translator for real-time multi-language conversations by enabling calls to landlines and mobile phones.

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  Hearthstone fans now have a dedicated Skype chat room to challenge its best players

  Microsoft has teamed up with Blizzard for the Skype Hearthstone Academy, bringing back the concept of a digital chat room for fans.

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  New Skype Preview lets Windows 10 Insiders manage phone texts on PCs

  Windows 10 Insiders on build 14926 on both a PC and a Windows 10 Mobile device can now send and receive texts from a single app.

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  Microsoft bloatware is coming to Motorola phones

  Microsoft's patent cross-licensing juggernaut continues with a new agreement with Lenovo.

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  Microsoft kills Windows 10's planned ability to send texts from your PC, to bolster Skype

  Microsoft had a working feature that let you see and respond to text messages on your PC inside the Messaging app. Now it's killed that feature to bring it to Skype.

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  ​Microsoft-LinkedIn deal: ‘Don’t let exciting possibilities blind you to privacy and security concerns’

  Forrester analysts discuss implications of the US$26.2 billion acquisition.

• Paul McCartney gives Skype some silly love songs

  Skype announced a new set of animated "Mojis" Wednesday aimed at letting users express their love, with some help from Paul McCartney.

• Revealed: The top 10 apps that companies hate

  Companies are wary about what employees are doing on their smartphones. Be it data loss or time-wasting, a growing number of employers are actively stopping staff from using certain apps on company-controlled devices.

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  No joke: Microsoft is teaching comedy to computers

  When the robot apocalypse arrives, don't be surprised if the machines crack jokes about our undoing.

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  Skype Translator now speaks German, French

  The Skype Translator beta app now can help people say "guten tag" to their friends in Germany, thanks to an update it received on Thursday.

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  Skype to face Belgium criminal court after failure to hand over call data

  Skype will have to appear in a Belgian criminal court after ignoring a judge's order to give law enforcement officials access to data from calls between suspected criminals.

• Microsoft won't give up trademark fight over Skype in Europe

  Microsoft plans to appeal a EU court ruling that found its Skype brand is too similar to that of British satellite broadcaster Sky, which holds a European trademark on audiovisual goods, telephony and software-related services categories.