SKYPE HACKS 100 cutting-edge tips and tools from the industry

Author: Tsinghua University Press
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book teaches you how to make Skype (an Internet phone application sweeping the globe like a storm) work for you. With over 50 million registered users and over 3 million online at any given time, Skype is one of the biggest Internet phenomena since the Web. More and more users are cutting their connections to their original phone companies, saving a significant amount of money by fully or partially switching to Skype. However, this book is not just about saving money. Skype has brought a completely new thing to the world—something that can do things that old-fashioned phone systems cannot. Calls follow you wherever you go, whether it's your home phone number or mobile phone number, as long as you log into Skype, the call will find you. You can even put a link to the phone on your webpage. This book explains how to: maximize savings; set up a Skype server; integrate Skype into your website; place Skype shortcuts on your desktop; write scripts to automate Skype; manage security settings; avoid telemarketers on Skype; use chat, file transfer, conferencing, and video; troubleshoot performance and quality issues; find alternatives to 911 and 411 services; replace your home phone system with Skype; and use Skype on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, and PocketPC.