New Skype software: Cramped features

Skype has just announced the latest version of VoIP software with a chat feature for 100 people at a time and automatic click-to-call, allowing you to shop online more easily.

Skype 3.0 has been extensively tested today, bringing Skype's hopes of a new, indispensable source of revenue to conversations.

" You will come across new services that target e-commerce ," said Niklas Zennstrom, executive director. He predicts Skype's 2006 sales will reach $ 195 million, up to . 225% compared with $ 60 million last year.

Source: Skype Skype's Internet phone software allows users to make free calls to any other computer that installs this software. If you want to use Skype to call from a computer to a landline or mobile phone, you are only subject to a significantly cheaper rate than existing services.

Most notable in version 3.0 is the click-to-call feature. You just need to click on a phone number displayed on any web page, Skype will also do the dial up and connect for you.

According to analysts, these features promise a breakthrough for Web-based customer care services. It also makes online shopping easier and more convenient than ever. eBay will be the most profitable company in this case, it is easy to understand after they spent more than $ 4 billion to buy Skype a year ago.

Call for free

" Our long-term goal is to create a balance between telecommunications revenue and e-commerce ," Zennstrom said. Speaking at a Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, he stressed that it is imperative to end dependence on telecommunications revenue, because at some point, all VoIP calls, even on the network fixed or mobile, must also be free.

" There are many other e-commerce services we are working on, but sorry, I can't reveal it at this time, " Zennstrom smiled.

Another feature of Skype 3.0 is that you can set up conversations (in text) with . 100 others, regardless of whether they are Skype users or not.

" In the beginning, you could only communicate with people you know, one on one. But now you can open a public discussion on any topic and anyone can join. " Zennstrom explained.

This feature can also be embedded in blogs and websites to encourage such "chat conferences" that take place everywhere. Skype currently has more than 136 million users as of the end of September, and Skype 3.0 software is only compatible with Microsoft Windows-based computers.

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