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More fun with Skype: The laughter chain

Ivy Wigmore — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:45:37 +0000

Did you know that 15 minutes of laughter = 2 hours sleep? Or that a good belly laugh burns 3.5 calories? Granted, you’d still have to laugh a heck of a lot to incinerate all the festive eggnog and rumballs but every little bit helps…

The Skype laughter chain is a viral marketing campaign that involves watching a video of people laughing and recording your response:

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Do you have an infectious laugh? Speaking of things that are infectious/viral, laughter also boosts your immune system — why not give it a shot?

Skype’s 2008 — the good, the bad, the… back door?

Ivy Wigmore — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:26:12 +0000

On FierceVoIP, Doug Mohney discusses the kind of year Skype’s had: 2008 Year in Review: Just Skype, Baby

Skype celebrated its fifth year of operation over the summer and now has more than 370 million registered users. The company brags that its peer-to-peer VoIP/IM/video client software is in use in nearly every country on the planet and that people have made more than 100 billion minutes worth of free Skype-to-Skype calls.

Further on in the post, Mohney mentions that Skype’s Chinese parter was discovered to be eavesdropping on customers and in this post, Mohney speculates about the possiblity that Skype has a built-in back door for precisely that purpose:

Rumors have been floating around on Skype selling a special listening device to interested governments and there has long been speculation about a back door to the program. Because Skype’s code and protocols are both proprietary and closed, security experts have long wondered what Skype is capable of and what risks may arise in deploying the software in an enterprise environment.

Skype tutorial demos

Ivy Wigmore — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:20:06 +0000

This video takes you through the process of making free calls with Skype from downloading the software to connecting:

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This video from Skype demonstrates using the service for business:

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FrugalTech discusses more ways to save money using Skype for business:

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Kid Guru explains how to record calls for podcasting and other purposes:

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