Experience Skype to the Max

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2. People Like to Talk!

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3. Connecting to Skype at Home and Abroad

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4. Enriching Conversations with Skype

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5. Using Skype in Business—Use Cases

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6. Using Skype on the Desktop

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7. Using Skype on Mobile Devices

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8. Calling and Messaging Landlines and Mobile Phones

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9. Skype Chat: A Virtual Water Fountain

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10. Managing Your Skype Account and Subscriptions

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11. Hardware Considerations: PCs, Mobiles, and Peripherals

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12. Building Geographically Dispersed Teams Over Skype

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13. Skype on Office 365, Outlook.com and Lync

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14. The Way Ahead

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15. Glossary

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16. Back Matter

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Experience Skype to the Max shows you how to make the most of Skype's full range of features on any device. Discover tips and tricks for saving time, saving money, and fostering better communication at work or in your personal projects.

Go beyond simple voice calling and discover Skype as a multimedia cross-platform collaboration tool, wherever you are in the world. Learn how to connect to Skype from your devices whether in the home office, on the road, roaming on your mobile or over Wi-Fi. Discover the best ways to call or message landlines and mobile phones at minimum cost, and how to manage your account and payments, depending on your needs.

As a regular Skype user, you’ll also benefit from insider tips on choosing hardware and peripherals, integrating your Skype usage with other platforms such as Office and Outlook.com, and preparing for the next developments in internet-based communications.

As work and home lives become increasingly intertwined, this book is your essential guide to building and sustaining your important relationships on one reliable platform.

Jim Courtney has over thirty years of sales, marketing and business development management and consulting experience in the high technology market space. From operating an IBM 7090/94 at a university computer center to using his iPhone 5 and BlackBerry z30 today, Jim brings a unique perspective on the evolution of various technologies, including the evolution of real-time communications over the Internet since 1995. Formerly associate editor of Skype Journal, he has been editor and publisher of Voice On The Web since early 2009, covering IP-based communications, including Skype as well as the transition to a mobile world through smartphones and tablets.

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