Skype for Windows Phone gets location sharing

Skype has gotten a new useful feature for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 8. You can now share your location with the people you’re chatting with. What’s so good about this, you ask? Well, if you’re out and about and will be meeting people. You can message them and show where you are and they can help you regain your bearings. You just need to select the “+” icon in a chat and tap on “Share location” and you are good to go.

Source: Skype | Download: Windows Phone Store (Free) 

Microsoft to retire older versions of Skype for Mac and Windows

Microsoft wants to make sure your Skype use isn’t disrupted. The tech company announced that it will “retire” older versions of Skype for Mac (versions 6.14 and under) and Windows (6.13 and under) pretty soon. They did not specify what they meant by retiring but they just want to emphasize that updating now will prevent any disruption for the users in the future.

If that isn’t enough to make you want to upgrade, the new versions of Skype have features like free group video calls and cross-platform messaging. It might be best you listen to Microsoft and update your desktop app now.

Microsoft redesigns Skype for iPhone

Microsoft has refined its Skype app further for the iOS ecosystem with a new update for the iPhone. Version 5.0 of the app now has an updated notification system that works across different Skype platforms, including iPhone, PC, and Xbox. The group chat feature has also been revamped so you can access it from the main hub. The app is also said to be five times faster than the previous version. An iPad update is supposedly in the works but there is no information when it will be available.

Source: Ubergizmo

Skype's awesome real-time language translation feature demoed by Microsoft

Skype is pushing the envelope in real-time language translation and this was clearly demonstrated recently during an on-stage Q&A with Re/code’s Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg the Code Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked about how we are entering a new era of more personal computing. He discussed Microsoft’s goal of creating computing experiences that are more natural, more human, more like us. Very cool.

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