Skype adds Social Networking with new SkypeCast Feature

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VoIP giant Skype is courting the booming social networking scene with the preview of a new free service to coincide with the release of Skype 2.5 Beta on Wednesday.

SkypeCasts are being touted as "live, chaired conversations allowing groups of up to 100 people from anywhere in the world to talk to one another". There is no release date yet but a beta is "imminent", the company said...


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Thursday 4th May 2006

Skype gets into social networking
David Meyer
ZDNet UK
May 03, 2006, 13:40 BST

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SkypeCasts will allow voice conferences of up to 100 users, as the VoIP pioneer looks to offer its users new ways to communicate


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VoIP giant Skype is courting the booming social networking scene with the preview of a new free service to coincide with the release of Skype 2.5 Beta on Wednesday.

SkypeCasts are being touted as "live, chaired conversations allowing groups of up to 100 people from anywhere in the world to talk to one another". There is no release date yet but a beta is "imminent", the company said on Wednesday morning.

Alistair Shrimpton, UK manager for Skype, said he expected users of sites such as MySpace and LiveJournal to "embrace this SkypeCast technology as an extra layer of discussion and communication"...

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