Tuesday, 3 September 2013

“How can they be so good?”: The strange story of Skype

Skype went live on 29 August 2003, & revolutionized the world of telecommunications.

Recently, the organization was claiming 250 million users monthly, & one third of all international telephony.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/09/skypes-secrets/ / Skype millionaire Jaan Tallinn Tallinn, Estonia technology is 10 years old eternity Internet Age five children, sixth care about his creation August 29 2003 Skype went live for the first time 2012 Telegeography Skype accounted for 167 billion minutes cross border cross-border voice video calling year 44 percent % growth over 2011 increase in minutes more than twice that achieved all international carriers world combined is to say Skype today serious threat largest telcos planet made Jaan Tallinn other early Skypers rich something changed along the way no longer upstart refused to put signs on its offices dodged international lawyers kept kiddie pool boardroom real story how global brand truly began more detail than ever before by those who launched it encrypt compress algorithm communication /