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<p>AlysaWhitlow: Created page with &quot;Microsoft on Friday released a test version of Skype that lets people make Internet calls from web browsers, eliminating the need to install special applications.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It's...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Microsoft on Friday released a test version of Skype that lets people make Internet calls from web browsers, eliminating the need to install special applications.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;It's perfect if you prefer using the web rather than an app: perhaps you're sitting at a computer that doesn't already have Skype downloaded,&quot; Microsoft said in a blog post.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&quot;Or maybe you're on the go and using an Internet cafe or hotel computer whilst on vacation where you can't download Skype at all.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A Microsoft and Skype sign hangs on stage at a news conference about the purchase of Skype on May 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California ©Justin Sullivan (Getty/AFP/File)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Skype for Web will be available to a small number of existing users at first and will be rolled out globally in the coming months, according to Microsoft.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Skype is used every day for more than two billion minutes of voice and video calling on the Internet, the US technology titan said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Skype was launched in August 2003 by two [http://Www.Fool.com/search/solr.aspx?q=Scandinavian%20technology Scandinavian technology] entrepreneurs, Niklas Zennstroem of Sweden and Janus Friis of Denmark, who expanded on existing peer-to-peer networking technologies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Skype, which allows its online users to make high-quality calls to each other anywhere in the world for [https://medium.com/@btvcnetwork/skype-alternative-for-making-free-online-video-calls-6d1f21fad846 free online video calls], quickly took off, bringing the world closer together in an age when globalization and intercontinental travel pulled more families apart than at perhaps any other time in history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Skype was made available through free applications tailored for computers, smartphones, tablets and smart televisions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;US software maker Microsoft bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion and built the service into Xbox One video game consoles.</div>

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