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There are huge profits to be made in grey-market call termination, especially so if international calls have to otherwise go through a single carrier that dictates insane international rates. In most of the profitable countries, the local cell calls are dirt cheap as is labour to man the stations, so the sim gateways, the sat uplinks (or occasionally DSL) and the simcards are quickly paid off and then it is just profit. Even more fun when that carrier is owned or invested in by members of the royal family or local equivalent, and they use the army to hunt down these 'pirates' and protect their interests.
If you want to get a sense of the profits, look up Cuba on the Skype Rates website, it is currently $0.089 connection fee and USD $0.80/minute, or North Korea at USD $0.70/min or Madagascar at $1.07/min landline ($1.09/min mobile). It doesn't take long or much call volume to cover your costs.
FUD!
>Jennifer Caukin, a spokeswoman for Skype, has a different slant. Caukin said, “Skype made the decision to retire Skype for Asterisk several months ago, as we have prioritized our focus around implementing the IETF SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] standard in our Skype Connect solution. SIP enjoys the broadest support of any of the available signaling alternatives by business communications equipment vendors, including Digium. By supporting SIP in favor of alternatives, we maximize our resources and continue to reinforce our commitment to delivering Skype on key platforms where we can meet the broadest customer demand.
Basically, instead of continuing to use their shitty proprietary standard they decided to use an open, ratified standard. Asterisk supports SIP just fine, meaning anyone with an asterisk pbx can still integrate with the skype network just fine. Only now Asterisk doesn't even have to bundle the proprietary code anymore! This isn't even a hypothetical, it's already available.
This is a win for open source and standards, not the other way around.
From my comment below:
Basically it transcribes your voice as you're talking and tries to make a chat message out of it, in this case it looks like it was going English <-> English. My fiance is overseas for college, and when this first installed as part of an update, it read her localization and somehow decided that Scotland = Spanish somehow...so everything she said was being plopped into the chat box in truly awful Spanish. I guess it's supposed to be handy or something, but it was also transcribing me speaking in English very, very poorly. As in "You should probably get a CT scan for tumors in your brain" badly.
Courts give zero shits whether a piece gets sectioned under "Blog" or "News." Published information is published information.
Skype costs $13.99/month for unlimited worldwide calling, or $2.99/month for US/Canada. Refuse all donations above that. Or if it feels gross, consider it a business expense and claim it on taxes. It's a pizza per month.
Again, I'm sorry if I seem inhuman or uncivil. I'm a journo; clarity and brevity are my bread and butter. But I didn't call you an asshole or something. The piece has potential, but needs a lot of improvement. It reads like it was written by someone inexperienced who didn't have an editor to say "go back and try again." Both are true, and I don't hold either against you personally.
And one more tip: Setting GJP as your minimum bar is like a surgeon saying he's satisfied with being better than the guy dissecting neighbourhood cats.
Stick with it.
Multi-participant video conferencing costs money on Skype. $4.49/month - $8.99/month depending on contract or $4.99/day.
Step 0: Get Skype from http://www.skype.com/en/
Step 1: Add a bunch of random high rank osu! players to your Skype group. There is a directly proportional relationship between the rank number and the likelihood to stay in the Skype group, but an inversely proportional relationship between the rank number and the e-peen obtainable from that player. Refer to Figure 1-1 for more details.
Figure 1-1:
| Rank | Chance of staying after 10 minutes | E-peen |
|---|---|---|
| LITERALLY COOKIEZI | HAHA YEAH RIGHT | A LOT |
| pp farmer | YA OK | WHO THE FK IS THIS KID |
Step 2: Brag about the Skype group on /r/osugame through any means possible, and do it quickly before you drive off the osu! pros with your weeaboo scent
Step 3: i like bagels
It can be a bit of a beast to configure at first, but Skype for Business might be worth a look. Integrates nicely into the Microsoft stack but has a Mac client also.
I'm sure you've looked into it but you can call transfer with skype. I don't know if you played with it or not, but that seems like what you need. You can have some producer on the call in line that can transfer callers to the show line.
You'll probably need to call yourself if it's so crucial. If you have Skype, you should be able to use that to call regular phones pretty cheaply. The Venezuelan embassy seems to have a normal Finnish landline so it's just €0.04/min.
edit: Apparently there's even a free trial for a month!
I suggest:
- Getting a cheap smartphone (something like the Optimus One)
- Making sure said phone is cable of using Skype Mobile
- Making sure you have wi-fi handy at home/office, and maybe get a dataplan (even a small one would due, 500 MB or so)
- Get an unlimited North America Skype Subscription ($3.00/month + 15% off)
- Make all the calls you want for about 0.5 MB per minute, basically unlimited at home on wifi and pretty generous even on a small data plan when you don't have access to WiFi at your immediate location.
For SMS, you'll need to find a carrier that's willing to give you that for cheap. I think all the operators in QC are overpriced, but its pretty easy to get unlimited texting and incoming calls with Telus. With these two features + skype I haven't had an extra charge on my cellphone bill in the last year+ i've owned my smartphone.
Im not sure what setup you guys would have and or if Skype would let you, but wouldn't you be able to get around all this through just pushing the install via group policy or whatever equivalent is?
Edit: Just had a look, Skype does have an MSI available and can be found at
Skype can make inbound and outbound calls to landlines, and you can get a number in a specific country so the caller is only charged the price of a local call:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/legal/privacy/general/
Section 3, OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, relevant emphasis mine.
Skype may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims, to protect Skype’s interests, fight against fraud and to enforce our policies or to protect anyone's rights, property, or safety.
Well look at that, looks like you DID agree to it after all.
EDIT: So instead of admitting you haven't actually READ those documents, and were just knee-jerking about the "legality" of something you know nothing about, you commence with the downvotes. How VERY mature of you.
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The old Skype version isn't Ubuntu's fault. If you try to download Skype from http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/, you'll notice that all the officially supported versions are a few years old. It's definitely a problem, but it's Microsoft's problem (hmmmmm).
Pretty sure you can't do that. If you want to use Skype, you have to use the Skype client, I'm afraid.
That said, I believe that the version of Skype that you can get in the Ubuntu Software Center is outdated; you can get a newer version off the official Skype website here.
I use Skype. You can get a 1 month free trial of unlimited international calls. Also, join Call Team Slack (link in the sidebar). They can answer any other questions in there.
Basically it transcribes your voice as you're talking and tries to make a chat message out of it, in this case it looks like it was going English <-> English. My fiance is overseas for college, and when this first installed as part of an update, it read her localization and somehow decided that Scotland = Spanish somehow...so everything she said was being plopped into the chat box in truly awful Spanish. I guess it's supposed to be handy or something, but it was also transcribing me speaking in English very, very poorly. As in "You should probably get a CT scan for tumors in your brain" badly.
I thought that was for text based translation only, with audio translation for English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin. Or maybe that's only what's on Skype and they offer the others through their API.
Your HTC Desire is a GSM phone - it runs on the following bands - Europe/Asia 900/2100 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
In the US, it should run on T-Mo and AT&T or one of their resellers. But you won't get LTE since it doesn't have those bands. It will NOT run on Sprint or Verizon. But yes, if you start roaming off of a network (a little roaming signal will show up on your phone) you will pay more than if you are on the home network. Sometimes substantially more.
One of the cheapest things to do is use Skype or another VOIP service for international calls - as in free to other Skype users. You have to be in WiFi range, and if the other person is not a Skype user, you'll be paying depending on whether it's to cellphones, land lines or both. Skype rates here Curiously, messages cost about $0.10 a message.
Virtually all of the big services have a $10-$15 add on that will let you have virtually unlimited calls to Ireland and the UK. Which one you want depends on where you are and your coverage. Where I am, Verizon rules, Sprint is decent, T-Mobile and AT&T's coverage is not as good. Where you are may be entirely different.
Sprint has a $15 add on for unlimited text and talk to Ireland and the UK that you can add on to the Framily plan. So, you can join a Framily (see /r/sprintframily ) and get it on one of the phones to pay $25 for one phone and $40 for the other and only call internationally on that phone. (plus tax, always remember the tax!) But you'd need new phones (or buy used ones).
TL;DR your phones will work with T-Mo and ATT and if you add $15 on to any plan you see, that's a good ballpark of what international calling will add.
De hade frågat varför de gjort så, inte lagt en förfrågan själva.
Man får ha i åtanke att detta är betydligt känsligare i USA än vad det är här i Sverige. Det är stämningarnas förlovade land vi pratar om. Om du som företag tex bara har med vita personer i ditt reklammaterial så kan du råka riktigt illa ut.
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/business/ Det där är ett ganska klockrent exempel. Kolla in bilderna som ligger under de olika företags-punkterna, eller gå till listan som beskriver funktioner. Finns inte många sidor som inte innehåller den korrekta mixen vit/svart/latino/asiat.
Skype. It works out to about 4 cents per minute if you buy a one time $10 plan. You can call from your computer or if you have a smart phone you can install the Skype app and use that
I use Skype's file transfer for most of my large file exchanges. Curious as to the size limit, I just Googled and found that it doesn't have a limit!
I've never heard that happening before when I've done video calls but I have a few guesses.
Are you possibly using the group video call feature? http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/group-video-calls/
Are either of you recording the call with a third party plugin like supertintin?
This was the only link I found from skype regarding what you are describing http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=325381
Allegedly unaltered. Sorry, but this kind of thing is usually a bad idea: it encourages copycats and frauds to publish software claiming to be "unaltered" from the original but instead contains malicious code, and trains (or tricks) users into not validating that they are obtaining their software from legitimate authors.
For your own sake, I suspect you have not obtained redistribution rights for the software, however unaltered it may be. At the very least you are infringing on the brand guidelines as described in section 1 here and depending on definition of "resell", section 6.6 of this may also apply.
From a personal standpoint, I see what you're trying to do, and I doubt you had anything malicious in mind, but at the end of the day it's not your call to repackage and redistribute someone else's work.
Microsoft makes Skype versions for IOS, OSX, Android and various other platforms, including products they have direct competition with - source. I see no reason why there would not be a Wii U version if the product gains enough market share. My guess is that at the moment there is not good enough ROI for Microsoft to invest in it.
GIMP should be available already. 'sudo apt-get install gimp-2.8'
I'd look at the .deb from Skype.com. If there are are 32-bit libraries needed, dplkg should pull them in.
Because of Debian's approach to bundling 'free' software, you'll probably have to add additional repositories to your sources.list. You can just add 'contrib nonfree' after 'main' in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, or make one online.
Get your head around 'module assistant' or 'm-a'.
In the last year or two, there have been some pretty big advances in language translation. A lot of the work going on in machine learning is focused on understanding human speech, and it's very applicable to language translation.
IMO, this one could easily happen by 2026.
I wouldn't trust a laptop manufacturer (or Skype) to define "good quality" for mics and webcams. The fact that, in the photo, "Skype" has no trademark symbol, and does not meet the brand guidelines indicates that Skype has nothing to do with "Skype certified".
tl;dr It's just some marketing bullshit that the laptop manufacturer sticks on there to sell more units to people who know nothing about computers.
You can go to the Skype page, select your distro, and it will give you a file you can double click to install.
However, the Skype package isn't set up very well. If that doesn't install for whatever reason, then let me shorten the steps for you.
You can copy/paste multiple lines at a time, it will run them one after the other. Spaces at the beginning/end are fine too.
Step 1: Remove previous version.
sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin:i386 skype:i386 sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386 rm -rf ~/.Skype Step 2: Preparing to Installing Skype.
Skip this, if it was working before this was already done. Step 3: Installing Skype
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype
Edit:
If you have any questions about what's happening here, or want an explanation just ask.
I'm a Linux guy, I like talking about it ;)
GoToMeeting? If you both have newer Macs running pretty recent OS's can't you just initiate a screen sharing session with the Mac's built-in tools.
Remote Control a Mac with Screen Sharing in OS X
Skype also has free screen sharing now
And of course you have your TeamViewer
And a tons of other ones
But I just wanted to share that the functionality is built into Macs already.
Worse than that, all he had to do was go to the Skype website and click downloads, just like every other version of Windows.
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/
It will tell you "Looks like you're running Windows 8.1. Good news Skype is pre-installed" followed by "Get Skype for Windows desktop"
It'll depend on your network, but if you have a smartphone or a computer with a microphone, you could get a free month trial of Skype:
http://www.skype.com/en/offers/free-unlimited-world-calling-subscription/
You need to sign up with a debit or credit card, but you can cancel immediately to avoid paying anything, and you get to keep the first month free (I've just done it myself).
Find a cheap way of visiting him. Driving will be pretty expensive, trains are just silly. Book coaches in advance, stuff like that. Also, Skype.
Anyway 70 miles isn't too ridiculous. Presumably that's about 90 minutes in the car? I think you'll get used to it and it'll become normal after a while.
Use Skype! http://www.skype.com/intl/en/prices/payg-rates/#cc=TR
Can't check it from here, but it shouldn't cost you more then a few cents/minute.
Best part you can call from your cell phone (if you got an internet flatrate).
EDIT: I tried it with a canadian proxy. If it worked correctly you should pay about 0.03 canadian cents/minute for normal telephone and 14 cents for mobile. So maybe it's still too expensive.
Well if it makes you feel any better, how pretty you look will probably depend mostly on how much effort you put into your appearance - it's a lot more than just your physical features. If you want to bother with makeup and hair and all that, you may be surprised how much better you can make yourself look - but you have to learn how to do those things if you want to take advantage of them, just like cis girls do.
But anyway, yeah, if you ever need someone to talk to, I can give you my Skype username and you can talk to me on there. Just PM me if you're interested.
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I had this same problem. Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
Try this:
- Uninstall Skype
- Open Windows Explorer and put "%AppData%" in the address bar.
- Delete the Skype folder.
- Restart your PC.
- Download latest version of Skype.
- Save the file your PC first. Open file's location, right click and Run as Administrator.
Hopefully that will help. It did for me.
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Battery life would be around the same or better. Yes for removable. 99% sure. Read the comments here.
Nice to play music on..Drag and drop to add new music..Lots of options for music apps..Plus you can use a number of services for streaming music from providers or from your own music colection.
Hang on a minute- with Skype > Landline calls it doesn't matter where you are accessing the internet from- you will still be charged the same rate because that charge is for the 'last mile' connection to the mobile phone.
What you*really* need to do is get a Skype In number. A Skype In number is a virtual landline number for any country, so you can get yourself a +353 1 xxx xxxx number for about €5 a month. This is a real Irish number and is yours for as long as you pay for it. Skype routes your number across the Internet to your machine.
Now what you need to do is have the person on the Irish end call from their mobile and they will pay the normal charge for calling the city you've based your number in. . if that person has unlimited landline minutes for evenings/weekends or whatever then you're totally set.
This is the absolute cheapest way you are likely to find to make a connection between yourself and a mobile phone in another country.
Here's the info : http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/online-number/
Oh, and if you have a phone in china you can route the Skype to it if you're offline. And if you have an Irish number that you're not using for a while, forward all those calls to your SkypeIn number and they'll reach you on Skype or even your Chinese phone.
I don't understand at all why they don't concentrate on a solid common lib which is used as a base for all their client applications.
Then they could use Qt to cover Linux/Mac/Windows and since Necessitas even Android could be covered by Qt.
For everything else, a platform specific GUI would be still needed, but by putting a little more manpower into crossplatform development and a little less power into bullshit they'd surely do a huge step forward.
You didn't mention trying to call home, and no one else has touched on this, so here we go:
free internet is rare. Check out starbucks (weird, bc SB in the states doesnt have free wifi, but in germany they do)... I'd often lurk outside of an SB just to check email real quick when I'd see one while travelling (on my ipod).
Skype is your friend! Make sure everyone back home has it/knows how to use it.
Whistle Phone is handy for making/receiving calls to telephones in the US -- basically, they give you a US number that you can use to make/receive calls on your computer/ipod/iphone. Use it in combination with...
Google voice -- set it up before you go abroad; in addition to a ton of cool stuff while you're in the states, there are several features i found very useful while away. Specifically, you can set your text messages to forward to your email, so if you get everyone using your GVoice number before you leave, they can still text you normally (and you'll get them and be able to reply via email). Also can set up your whistle phone as a forwarding phone, so if people call your gvoice number, it will ring your whistle phone (handy, bc the whistle phone number is usually some weird area code, wheras g.voice can be wherever you want, so people can make a local call and get ahold of you in germany)
Also, on other notes: pee whenever you can. If you eat at a restaraunt, make sure to use their facilities, because they'll probably be free to customers; elsewhere you'll have to pay. Also, water is not free if you just order a "wasser". You must ask for "Leitungswasser", and, depending on the place, they may not be too keen on getting it for you. I also carried around a durable mug or water bottle that I could fill up at sinks when I got a chance.
What about using skypeout to call a regular phone? It's not free, but I would imagine it would compare favorably to regular phone service.
They have a place to check rates here if you haven't already.
They look like Windows Store apps, rather than normal applications.
Use these links to get the proper non-Windows Store versions.
The correct installer is available again:
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-full
That said, you are free to copy Skype's program directory to another PC and run it there. It doesn't need to be installed. Of course, you'll be copying your Skype data directory structure anyway.
Installing skype on elementary is kind of tricky. You should open terminal and run these commands: > sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxss1:i386 libxv1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
> wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
> sudo dpkg -i skype-install.deb
This is ugly solution but should work fine.
I tried getting the app, and it seems to go to the 'Get skype' uwp app, which just downloads the installskype.exe thing that gets skype for desktop. The actual installer is at http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi
I never had any issues. Try downloading it directly from skype page.
And pick Ubuntu 12.04. It will download deb package. Install it via command line using sudo dpkg -i /path/to/deb/file followed by sudo apt-get install -f .
Or just double clicking will open app store and it let's you to do installation in graphical way.
Another handy, custom tool for elementary to install debs is power installer
Upvoting for a good hardware-based argument, but Skype For Business seems to have a different idea. BYOD is attractive in a lot of markets.
http://www.skype.com/en/developer/
http://a16z.com/2015/08/06/wechat-china-mobile-first/
I'm so frustrated over this. Why is Skype not a hub for services, apps and storefronts, like WeChat, Weibo and Line? Skype for Business has so much potential for 3rd party apps and Office integration, but we're stuck with the consumer version which has NO new or interesting features and no API for developers.
How does everyone feel about this: Public profiles for OneDrive, Skype and Skype Qik to compete with Facebook, Flickr, Vine and Youtube. Instead of Xbox One footage getting uploaded to Twitch or Youtube, Microsoft ought to be getting people into the habit of recording with Qik, sharing to OneDrive, then sending via Skype.
The way Skype is now, it's boring and completely failing to live up to it's potential. Why use it when finding your contacts is difficult and unengaging. Public profiles (used to share interesting content from your OneDrive, Xbox achievements, Docs.com/Sway collection, Groove Music playlists, favorite Bing images, Edge reading list) would solve this.
I've done the freelancer+digitalnomad thing.
The easiest and cheapest solution I've found is to get a SkypeIn number. I think it's just called a Skype Online Number these days. You can set up voicemail and call-forwarding to a local mobile in your location.
Not sure how much it costs but it's obviously low enough for me to forget.
Tails OS is geared toward privacy/security/anonymity on the internet, so why on Earth you would want to use Skype on it is beyond me.
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/
You can download it above by selecting "dynamic" from the dropdown, download the .tar.bz2 then extract it (probably by double clicking). You can then use it by navigating to the skype directory in terminal and running ./skype.
I'm not sure how to do it via the package manager, but I installed Skype on my Chromebook by going here and selecting "Ubuntu 12.10 (multiarch)" and opening the .deb file that downloaded.
Also, are you on an ARM Chromebook? I don't think Skype is compatible with ARM.
Edit: I accidentally a word
So, section 12 says that they aren't responsible for any losses due to their negligence.
Does that actually hold up in court, though? I mean, they could write just about anything in the agreement if that's the case. I pay for a service through them and have for years - aren't the responsible for providing that service and helping to resolve the issue rather than just sweep it under the rug?
The most simple option is to buy Skype credit for yourself and us it to call your Mom/Grandma's land line. You can get rates as low as 1.2 cents per minute on a 400 minute per month plan (US$5 per month). Calling cell phones is more expensive.
http://www.skype.com/en/rates/
For the cost of an iPad, you can talk for a very, very long time.
Skype works perfectly and couldn't be easier to install (its an .rpm):
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/
Flash is the same way. Adobe provides a repo and you just run yum install flash-plugin. Select the "YUM For Linux" option:
https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Chromium, I'm not sure. I've heard it can be a pain to get installed on Fedora but I haven't tried myself. Chrome works great though. Or you can try chromium from one of the copr repos mentioned here:
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/ worked for me.
As mentioned, there is a partner repository for it. Check here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/install-skype-linux-4-3-ubuntu-software-center
Unfortunately you need Windows 8 to use Skype Translator (official webpage to get an invite and download it).
edit : the publich Beta of Skype Translator works only for English-Spanish audio and many written languages :-(
but I am still looking for spanish speakers :-)
You might be able to do this by downloading the offline installer from here http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi. (link to the latest Skype business version).
Before it installs you could tell it to run a command to uninstall skype via its GUID (using the actual installer's guid above):
- msiexec.exe /x {1845470B-EB14-4ABC-835B-E36C693DC07D} /qn
Then to install it, throw it on a network share, and make a package using a UNC path like so:
- \networkfiles\apps\Skype\silent-install\SkypeSetup.msi
Then throw these command line switches to it:
- /passive /norestart
This will auto install and not restart for that one user who absolutely needs skype installed.
Hope that helps.
I don't think you want Linux, you want Windows 7. Linux doesn't work exactly like Windows 7 either, so no matter what you choose you'll have to relearn things.
Regarding your problems with Windows:
They don't force you to have a Microsoft account to boot the computer.
Mouse settings: Open the Windows menu and search for mouse, press down, enter. Or click search result 'Mouse'. Or use the power user menu to open the control panel.
Download Skype without the app store.
Shut down: Use the power user menu, or the power menu in the top right in the Windows menu.
I have several Microsoft accounts that I never use, none of them have been banned or threatened to be banned. I don't use my main MS account for anything other than logging in to Windows and Visual Studio.
I think you should try Linux out, but be prepared that it might not work exactly how you want it to. The good news then is that you can probably make it work just like you want, the bad news is that it might be trickier than you'd like it to be.
One option if you still have Windows installed is to install Virtualbox and run one or more Linux distributions in that. It's easier than having to reinstall your computer if you want to change, and you can save your state unlike with live images. Then you can install your favorite on your actual when you know what to expect.
Should've just linked to the actual Skype website: http://www.skype.com/en/translator-preview/?intcmp=blogs-_-generic-click-_-skype-translator-early-preview-sign-up-opens-today/
I thought this was going to be text translation but if you watch the video on the Skype page, you can see them doing voice translation. The translation plays once each person finishes talking. You can see a few mess-ups but overall it actually works very well. It's actually very impressive to see how far translation has come.
When I first went to the site I was a little confused as to what action to take. All of the buttons on the menu are the same size and the picture dominates. When designing a website you should be guiding the visitor to take some kind of action on each page. If you are not clear what you want the visitor to do, they will be left a little lost.
Therefore, I'd suggestion you ask yourself, 'What one action do I want a first time visitor to take when they land on my home page?" The answer to this question will help you focus the site's navigation.
For an extreme example take a look at Skype, it is clear that the action that are looking for a visitor to take is to download - http://www.skype.com/en/
An additional thought is that the newsletter sign up is hidden at the bottom. I'd consider putting this is a far more prominent position.
With a half-decent internet connection you can chat using programs like Skype, Mumble, or Teamspeak while playing multiplayer games that may not have voice chat integration. Teamspeak and Mumble require you to have a server; Skype does not. You can also video chat on Skype.
As for whether your laptop is good enough for gaming, I can't particularly help you there. I don't quite know enough about computers and their specifications. What I can suggest is downloading a few free games and testing them out and going from there. Team Fortress 2 is good if you think you can like multiplayer shooters.
All the best! If you decide to use Teamspeak, send me a PM, I have a (currently unused) Teamspeak server you can use :)
Skype has a silly policy when it comes to group video chats.
> Group video calls are subject to a fair usage limit of 100 hours per month with no more than 10 hours per day and a limit of 4 hours per individual video call. Once these limits have been reached, the video will switch off and the call will convert to an audio call.
No you're not. I make them all the time with my wife and neither of us have a subscription. I believe they removed that requirement within the last year. Probably to better compete with Hangouts.
http://www.skype.com/en/premium/ "Now that group video calls* are free for everyone..."
After a little investigation it turns out it is possible with Skype but it costs money. However I do know that if buy a Surface 2 or Office 365 University (and I assume other MS things probably), skype credit is included so it won't cost anything.
I will check it out properly now and report back!
Edit: well i can successfully send messages but I can't reply from my own phone as its the same number and will cause a singularity. Might be a solution though although maybe you can't reply to skype texts at all? I suspect tis the same number thing though. Messages cost £0.0056 (half a penny) here so a little skype credit goes a long way.
Edit 2: it seems this works IF you start the conversation from your pc and the person replies to you. However I'm not sure that any SMS you receive will automatically be available on your PC as an iMessage would be on a mac.
The link to support at Skype is: http://www.skype.com/go/contactcs
But you will need to log in first. It is worth it though and, as a registered user, they'll tend to take it more seriously than being email spammed by a ton of random internet inhabitants.
Skype recently made group video calling (up to 10 people) free as long as you have a computer (see here)
There are fewer viruses in the wild that target Ubuntu, and there is a large community of people that make it a hobby to find and patch security holes. It's not perfect, but in my 10 years using linux I have yet to see an actual virus infection. However, like most *nix distros, Ubuntu assumes that you have some common sense, so it won't try too hard to stop you from running most risky or dangerous commands. Keep regular backups and learn the art of google-fu.
Most programs can be installed, uninstalled, and updated through the package manager, which you will find in the programs menu (I believe in Unity it's the upper left corner). There's usually a torrent client pre-installed (I use Transmission), and Skype is in the repository (package manager), although I would recommend you get it straight from their website.
If you can't find something with the package manager, do a web search for the program you want. Most developers who target Ubuntu/Debian and variants release their programs as *.deb files, which are the same as what the package manager uses. Download it, find it in your Downloads folder (or wherever you decided to put it) and either double-click or right click and select gdebi or your package manager.
Enjoy your new environment.
It's best to separate out domestic and international phone service. International calling rates on even T-Mobile are very high. So if you want a cell phone, get an international calling plan from Skype or my personal favorite, Voip.ms. You then use it like a calling card: calling into the service and dialing the real destination. The neat thing about Voip.ms is if both ends of the call are Voip.ms subscribers, the call is free like Skype on PCs. As you've probably noticed, it costs much more to call EU cell phones than EU home phones.
You know that software can't be a replacement for your hardware webcam because you need something to actually take the pictures of you right?
As for screen sharing, Skype has it built-in: http://www.skype.com/en/features/screen-sharing/
Not even counting your own actual usage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol#Peer-to-peer_architecture
>Any client with good bandwidth, no restriction due to firewall or NAT, and adequate processing power can become a supernode. This puts an extra burden on those who connect to the Internet without NAT, as Skype may use their computers and Internet connections as third party for UDP hole punching (to directly connect two clients both behind NAT) or to completely relay other users' calls. Skype does not choose to supply server power with associated bandwidth required to provide the relay service for every client who needs it, instead it uses the resource of Skype clients.
And from their own mouth: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/legal/terms/tou/#use_software
>5.2 Use of Your Equipment: The Internet Communications Software may use the processing capabilities, memory and bandwidth of the computer (or other applicable device) you are using, for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication and establishing the connection between Internet Communications Software users. If your use of the Internet Communications Software is dependent upon the use of a processor and bandwidth owned or controlled by a third party, you acknowledge and agree that your licence to use the Internet Communications Software is subject to you obtaining consent from the relevant third party for such use. You represent and warrant that by accepting these Terms, you have obtained such consent.
For example, as a Canadian I can text Verizon phones for free by sending an email to . She could do the same with you. Most major cell phone companies offer something like this.
Does her carrier offer anything like that?
It's a pain in the ass, but it's free. The Skype app works too - maybe - See the Skype prices per SMS here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/sms/
Step 1: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/prices/pay-monthly/ Sign up for the $2.99/month unlimited calling subscription.
Step 2: Download Skype (the website walks you through this)
Step 3: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/online-number/ Sign up for a Skype Online number. This is necessary so that the Ron Paul phone banking system knows who you are when you call in (it only identifies phone numbers) and can therefore pair you up with your online interface for the phone banking.
Step 4: http://phone.ronpaul2012.com Sign up on the Ron Paul phone banking website. Add your Skype number and begin.
Nope, nobody's claimed it yet.
I just took a look at international calling rates to Spain. Paying by the minute, my account balance will cover 697 minutes. Paying by the month, it can cover three months of a 400 minutes per month subscription or seven months of a 120 minutes per month subscription.
I just realized that it would make sense to lend the account for longer than one month as Skype's rates are pretty cheap and $16 can last a couple of months; so whoever wants the account can have it for as long as it takes them to deplete the account balance.
Talk to your friend and if the account will help him keep in touch with his girlfriend then I'd be happy to give it to him.
I'm doing this right now. Works great.
Just something to keep in mind though - their 'unlimited' plan is subject to their fair usage policy. As per the fair usage policy, it's really only unlimited up to 6 hours, after which it'll start using up Skype credit.
Screen Sharing
If you really want to watch them together and are more interested in spending time with her than the image quality, you can always just play the video on your computer and use something like Skype to share your screen and video with her. That way, you can talk and watch the movie without much delay.
The downsides are, her image quality will be worse than her owning the file, and you'll both have to be online the whole time.
You could use skype to share your desktop screen and talk at the same time.
If you are running a different operating system then you could install a virtual machine so u can show her exactly how to do whatever task you are teaching her.
> Can you tell me what skype can't do that google hangouts can (serious question)?
I thought it was group video chat, but looks like they support this too, although not for free.
Similar to how FB had friend lists for a while but nobody used them, and now everyone's excited about Circles ;-)
you can call phones from skype too. Check out the monthly unlimited calling plans. Have fun in Thailand! I spent 6 months there in 2008 and had an amazing time - hopefully it's pleasure not business for you.
Oh I forgot about the unlock.
But yeah, you can make calls over WiFi when Airplane mode is on. Get a one month subscription to call landlines and mobile numbers in the US. You get 400 minutes for $5.74. You can buy more minutes later if you need them (get Skype credit that will be used for minutes once the included minutes are gone). Pay-As-You-Go is kinda the same, but minutes are more expensive and there's a small connection fee. Premium is for business, it only adds group video calling and live chat support.
If your Skype app is on you're always available from other Skype clients (also works when it's in the background). You can also get a number so people can call you from their phones, but it's expensive. And you're only available when on the WiFi anyways.
They do have a partnership with Verizon... Skype to Skype calls free and over 3G now I think. Skype to some other #...takes minutes from plan. And I did see somewhere about the Video Calls for the thunderbolt before it came out, but it never happen. Trust me, when that shit hits the fan everyone's gonna know. They are even gonna make tv commercials to announce the video call feature.
Edit: it will be only for 4g phones...kinda like the Qik App for the HTC Evo. If you wanna know when it will be available just give them ur email
Actually, ignore everything I just told you.
Google Voice is only free in the US, it's not free in Canada.. I didn't realize that. Ok, you're right, this whole thing is extremely confusing. Skype has changed since the last time I've used it. The best I can figure out is this.
To get your own number with Skype, you have to pay $18.
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/online-number/
You have to buy that, along with the $2.99 subscription for call forwarding.
Sorry, I've probably made this much more confusing.
Go here and look for "Download Skype 2.8 for Mac if your computer or operating system does not support Skype 5.1".
If you're not even on Leopard, you should really figure out a plan for upgrading to something newer. Tiger already isn't supported by a lot of developers and the few that still support will likely drop it not long after Lion comes out.
Download software from http://www.skype.com
Plug in your headset, make sure it has a microphone as well as speakers
Make an account
Call someone at random.
Talk, sing or fart into your headset
>I believe they're ten cents per minute.
It actually depends on the country you're calling to. You can call landlines in the Australia and the UK for $.023/ minute.
Uninstall skype, go in to programs (x86) and delete the skype folder (don't worry you will keep all your messages, settings etc.) then install skype through this: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-full
You have been added to the official list. When we get closer to game time I will message you with my Skype handle. Once everyone is connected and on board I will share with you the link to my Roll20 game.
If you have not done so already, please create a Roll20 account and a Skype account. These are required to play in my game. When it comes to be game time I will not be able to help troubleshoot any tech or computer problems that may arise, so please test before hand.
If you find out that you are unable to make it please let me know asap. There is no shame in a schedule conflict. I need to know so I can try to find a replacement player or adjust my game to accommodate the new number.
I look forward to playing with you!
You can manage employee accounts through Skype Manager here http://www.skype.com/en/features/skype-manager/ . I believe it is going end of life shortly and end users will need to change over to personally managed accounts.
Users could have a lot of contacts and the problems i can forsee are that there doesnt appear to be a way to mass import contacts into Skype For Business and after a contact is added into Skype For Business the contact will need to accept the invitation causing confusion.
Is this on your phone/tablet or PC? If it's your PC, uninstall the "Skype App" and reinstall Skype by downloading and running the installer file from the website. That should work, as the standalone application doesn't "integrate" with Windows.
I think you need to enable multi-arch, as Skype is still 32-bit.
from https://wiki.debian.org/skype
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install libc6:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxss1:i386 libxv1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
sudo dpkg -i skype-install.deb
That worked perfectly for me.
Download the skype rpm for openSUSE 12.1 32 bit from http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/ and install it using the terminal command sudo zypper in skype-4.3.0.37-suse.i586.rpm.
> Skype for consumer is a money pit and will be killed by 2017.
Wrong, it is called brand recognition. Even if Microsoft was losing a billion or two on Skype per year (they aren't), that cost is miniscule to maintain brand recognition. See the first decade of Xbox for details. Outside Windows and Office, Skype is their biggest and most recognizable brand with more than 300 million users making more than 3 billion minutes of calls each day.
They've also re-written Skype's architecture from the ground-up to further integrate with Microsoft's services (like Bing's real-time translation service)... which isn't something they'd do if they planned to scrap it.
You also realize that Skype for Business and Skype are integrated now, right? Also, they are integrating Skype heavily into Windows 10 and beyond, like iMessage for OS X. VOIP is very important to Microsoft's "Mobile-first, Cloud-first" end-game, and thus you couldn't be more wrong in your prediction if you tried.
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I'm sending SMS messages from my skype app on my desktop right now...
If you have windows 10, install the latest skype app via the windows store, right click on a contact that has a phone number (or add one), and click 'send SMS', then ... send a text message to that contacts phone. It's not based on what they've said, hinted, or anything, it's based on what's currently do-able...
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Supposedly the beta version of Skype allows you to prevent people from obtaining your IP. It can be downloaded here. Haven't tested it myself though. Found it through a link provided by /u/Netko_ . this needs to be sorted out.
> Ich frage mich wie lange es noch dauert bis Google Translate effektiv im Alltagsgespräch dingesetzt werden kann.
Das dauert nicht mehr lange: Welcome to Skype Translator Preview.
Maybe try a different Skype installer? When I went to Skype's site, the download was a .exe, not a .msi. (I am Win 7 though). Are you getting it from here? http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/