Typically, Skype phones work through a computer or a laptop. The new Philips and Netgear phones plug into a broadband connection jack and a standard home phone jack. They can send and receive ...

Skype’s Version 1.0 for Windows also offers free features such as conference calling, a global directory of Skype contacts, call and message tracking, and file transfers.

Skype has introduced free group video calls for Windows, Mac and Xbox One users. The Microsoft-owned firm now allows up to 10 people to participate in these conversations without the need for a ...

Instead of integrating more ads— as the company has been doing with Windows —Skype will now be completely ad-free.