How to download Skype on to your computer
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Download this piece of free software on to your computer and start making free phone and even video calls to family and friends far and near. Requirements
To download Skype, you will need:
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a computer with a broadband internet connection
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speakers and a microphone attached to your computer and switched on (many computers, especially laptops, have these items built in)
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a special headset consisting of headphones and a microphone
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if you want to make video calls, speakers and a webcam with a built-in microphone (again, some laptops come with a built-in webcam).
How to download Skype
First, simply – and it is simple – download Skype for free from the internet and install it on your computer. Just go to www.skype.com and click on Get Skype now. In the next two boxes that pop up, click on Run.
Follow the instructions on the screen, and before you know it, you'll be able to converse – by typing, voice or video – with your family, including your grandchildren, via your computer.
Now check out our guide on how to use Skype.
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Skype IPO
Posted by AudreyO on 11 Aug 2010
Skype has officially filed the SEC forms that are the beginning of an initial public offering. The Skype IPO has been long predicted, though some surprising numbers were revealed in the filings. Here is the proof: Skype IPO- Details revealed, date not yet set.After the IPO, the ownership structure of Skype can be complicated -- though users are hoping that Skype will keep the no cost services it has become popular for. I think that the company of skype is doing its best to make their services on the net more accesible.I hope that they will be able to fixtheir problems when it comes to the ownership of the company.
Skype desktop sharing
Posted by Rik Abel on 13 Jan 2010
BeGrand.net staff member
In the latest version of Skype you can now share your desktop so that whoever you are talking to can see what is happening on your computer, or vice versa. This can be very helpful when trying to solve problems.
User Experience Designer - BeGrand.netOooh, thanks, Rik
Posted by Gill Adams on 13 Jan 2010
BeGrand.net staff member
That's great - I'll try it out.
Gill Adams Managing Editor BeGrand.netSkype desktop sharing works!
Posted by Gill Adams on 14 Jan 2010
BeGrand.net staff member
Have just had sharing session with Rik (Ahhhh!) and, as far as I can make out, all he did was call me on Skype, click a button called 'Desktop sharing' and suddenly I could see his desktop in the section of my Skype screen where I would normally see a video image and just watched him click away and demonstrate something.
If I wasn't so old I'd saw 'awesome'.
Jolly fine.
Gill A
Gill Adams Managing Editor BeGrand.netSkype desktop sharing works
Posted by Caro on 26 Feb 2010
Superb program and very useful but the only downside is some webcams are such low quality it is not easy to see the desktop clearly. With a high quality webcam it is very useful and helpful if you are trying to show someone how to do something.