Although we have spoken in the intervening years, we had not actually seen each other in probably most of 10 years due to living far apart. I had a personal reminder of that the other day when I wound up in a video chat with one of my closest friends who was my best man at my wedding 12 years ago. I use Skype daily (Skype ID: danyork) and it has indeed become a significant part of both my business workflow and personal life. It's also caused a heck of a lot of disruption within the telecommunications industry. Skype has done a great amount to help people easily connect to each other. It's a bit of the "Ra-Ra" celebratory kind of post I would expect from a CEO but ends nicely with this: So, as we celebrate the first five years of Skype, let's raise a toast to the human desire to connect. Giving users the ability to make free calls over a 3G data connection-5 million copies of the software were downloaded during the first four days of its release, he said.Five years ago today, the first public beta of Skype launched, and in a blog post today new Skype CEO Josh Silverman celebrates with " Five Years of Wow". When the latest version of Skype was released for the iPhone. To date, Skype has been installed on 12 million iPhones, or roughly 15 percent of all iPhones and iPod touches shipped by Apple, Silverman said. The company also recently announced a version of its software for Nokia’s Symbian OS, adding to versions available for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry,Īpple’s iPhone, Google’s Android, and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating systems.
Earlier this year, Panasonic, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics all announced plans to install Skype on their flat-panel televisions. The company is also moving beyond computers, extending its focus to mobile devices and consumer electronics. Growth will likely continue next year as PC makers are expected to ship 100 million computers with Skype’s software preinstalled, he said. The company had 560 million registered users at the end of 2009 and is adding 300,000 new users every day, Silverman said.
Skype is moving towards making Silverman’s vision real, building on its large and growing base of users.
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