Microsoft purchased Skype and now Skype is a part of Microsoft

Finally Microsoft purchased Skype it was roaming around since May,2011 but now Microsoft has finally announced that Skype is a part of Microsoft...

Well Skype is fastest growing company which provides best quality calling services all around the world,, first they have launched web to web and than web to call....

and now Skype is available in all mobile and after acquiring by Microsoft it will reach the top of the world be a part of Techs Company.....

more information share from Microsoft are as follows:-

Source:  Microsoft

Skype: responds to report of security hole

Skype Profile info left vulnerable to malicious applications

Skype on Friday issued a public response to a security issue uncovered recently that leaves some profile and message information open and vulnerable to malicious applications. Uncovered by Android Police, the vulnerability deals with the way the Skype Android application stores some personal information, making your profile information -- and your Skype contacts' profile information (among other bits of Skype data) -- easily found and scraped by any application that wants to. Skype, on its blog, has said:

It has been brought to our attention that, were you to install a malicious third-party application onto your Android device, then it could access the locally stored Skype for Android files.

These files include cached profile information and instant messages. We take your privacy very seriously and are working quickly to protect you from this vulnerability, including securing the file permissions on the Skype for Android application.

To protect your personal information, we advise users to take care in selecting which applications to download and install onto their device.

That's a fairly serious hole, and it's good that it was discovered, reported and is being fixed. So have you been in any danger all this time? Possibly, but you would have had to have installed a malicious application that knew to run this exploit in the first place. Chances of that are fairly low, but not out of the question. And it's important to remember that we're talking about Skype data, not the full contacts list on your phone. That doesn't mean it's not a gaping hole that needs to be closed; but neither are we worried about the sky falling. Be careful what you download, folks. [Skype, Android Police]

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Download Skype with Video for the HTC Thunderbolt !

HTC Thunderbolt users, is your lucky day. Following news that you’re getting Gingerbread soon, we now bring youSkype with Video chat. For those not in the know, the Thunderbolt was supposed to launch with Skype with Video, but the app was

 yanked at the last minute. None of that matters now, Skype with Video is here for all to enjoy — except for everybody else not using a Thunderbolt of course. I’m still not sure why companies like Skype and Qik launch their apps with video-calling support for just a few phones (deals with carriers?). It’s just one of those extremely annoying ‘fragmentation” things we have to deal with Android. At least until Google lays down the law and releases Google Talk with Video for everybody. Meanwhile, we’ll have to make do with Tango.

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