#News: #Stupid? Love #Skype? The service will soon be featuring Conversation Ads during calls.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

#Stupid? Love #Skype? The service will soon be featuring Conversation Ads during calls.

Punch

9:29 AM - Public

Love Skype? The service will soon be featuring “Conversation Ads” during calls.

Skype will show animated adverts while you make audio calls (Wired UK) »

Skype has announced that it will soon show adverts while you're making audio calls over the service. They're called "Conversation Ads", and Skype hopes they'll help "spark additional topics" to talk a...

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Marc Aupiais

9:46 AM - Public

~SACNS: Skype #Skype ... Skype tsk tsk... They now want to advertise! »

Skype #Skype ... Skype tsk tsk... They now want to advertise! 'Skype is finally fixing that problem, with today's launch of so-called "Conversation Ads" that will appear within the calling window duri...

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Andrew Shuvalov

9:28 AM - Public

Please join the cause against #skype allowing to intercept your communications. You can make the difference.

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Stop Skype from sharing user data and decryption codes with Russian Secret Service (former KGB) »

Skype agrees to cooperate with the Federal Security Service. Internet service, which is considered safe from interception, ready to share part of the information about their users. FSB (former...

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Jo Pettitt

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If I get interupted on a call then I will delete my Skype account.

Skype launches in-call ads • The Register »

In the kind of emetic doubletalk that can only be produced by highly-trained university professionals, Skype has justified its launch of in-call advertising by saying the move will let people “have me...

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Tripleequis LOD

9:05 AM - Public

Skype Introduces Ads Into Free Windows Voice Calls

Skype Introduces Ads Into Free Windows Voice Calls »

Hey, Windows users -- seeing ads in your Skype calls? Fret not, it isn't a rouge version of the software; it's just a new twist on "free" VoIP calling. Skype has today announced the launch of Conversation Ads, finally, a way to make cash off of free calls. These new display ad units will appear within the calling window of users who do not...

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Dietrich Schmitz

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+Steven Vaughan-Nichols with:

Skype jumps the shark: Seven alternative VoIP services »

Microsoft is adding advertising to its voice over IP (VoIP) service Skype. Fortunately, there are lots of alternatives that don’t stick an ad in your face while you’re talking.

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