Friday, May 29, 2009

Skype - A Great Tool For Boomers

I have to mention this as Skype has made a huge difference to my life. Its really opened the world up for a very minimal cost. Here is some info I posted over at www.BabyBoomerLifestyle.com

What would I do without Skype! I was fortunate enough to come across it in the ealy days, pre eBay buyout and have been using it ever since for all my national and international calls.

Skype is now one of the longest VoIP providers around and was developed by the guys who developed Kaaza - the music sharing program some years ago.

The huge up take of Skype in the past few years must be due in part to the ease of use and installation. This for a technophobe like me is a must. Within minutes of the download and selecting a username, you can be chatting with family or friends on the other side of the country or indeed the world.

The only small hiccup you might have is that to talk for free the person you wish to speak with must also have the software and a username as Skype is a peer-to-peer system. You call the username and not a number from your little control panel on the screen.

For the full story click here.


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