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Skype Takes Video One Step Further


    Skype has announced its users can now make conversations even more
    fun-packed by sharing video content with their friends and family
    across the world. Following new partnerships with leading independent
    video sharing sites Dailymotion (www.dailymotion.com) and Metacafe
    (www.metacafe.com), Skype(TM) 3.5 for Windows lets you download your
    favourite videos from these sites and add them into your Skype 'mood',
    giving colour and personality to your online profile.

    User's moods are a way of sharing your feelings with friends and
    family and are becoming increasingly popular in the Skype community
    because they are a simple, more personalized way to share all sorts of
    things with other Skype contacts.

    "People thrive on sharing stuff with one another. A little over a
    year ago, we had 100 million registered users worldwide and we've more
    than doubled in size in the space of twelve months. This is because we
    continue to develop Skype and come up with amusing things to do.
    User-generated and licensed video content are incredibly popular.
    Working with Dailymotion and Metacafe means everyone can try out
    downloading their favourite clip and putting it in their online
    profile. Video content is a great conversation starter because people
    love talking about video clips and especially the ones that are
    personal to them." said Carter Adamson, general manager, desktop
    products for Skype.

    In addition to sharing video in your mood, people can now also
    include video content in online Skype chats, making it easy to discuss
    the latest viral videos with friends and family around the world.

    "Video mood messages provide members of the vibrant Skype
    community a great way to express themselves by tapping into the
    original and entertaining videos available on Metacafe, including
    those in our Producer Rewards(TM) program that pays video creators for
    their best work," said Erick Hachenburg, CEO of Metacafe. "Online
    video has become so popular over the past couple of years in large
    part because it's fun to find something entertaining and forward it to
    a friend who's likely to enjoy it. Videos placed into Skype mood
    messages make this process even easier."

    "With this partnership, the online global community is really
    coming together to create a new experience in video sharing," said
    Benjamin Bejbaum, CEO and cofounder of Dailymotion. "From now on,
    Skype users will have access to more than 3 million videos, including
    premium content and exclusive artwork from our MotionMakers."

    Skype also lets you take still photos when making a video call.
    Moments such as showing off a newborn baby via webcam or having a
    far-away friend wave 'hello!' can now be permanently captured and
    shared.

    Skype 3.5 for Windows lets users transfer their incoming calls to
    another person or a group of people on Skype (or, for Skype Pro
    subscribers, to a landline or mobile phone number).

    In addition, auto redial has been introduced, where if the number
    being called is engaged Skype can automatically redial it every two
    minutes, until the call is answered. These new features make it even
    easier and more convenient to keep in touch over Skype.

    About Skype

    Skype sets conversations free by providing new and easy ways to
    stay in touch over the internet. Millions of people every day make
    free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls and send instant messages
    using our software. Some pay a little per minute for long-distance and
    international calls to phones and mobiles and for SMS, voicemail and
    call forwarding, or they buy subscriptions that give unlimited calls
    nationwide.

    We certify and sell hundreds of hardware products from more than
    50 partners and work with third-party developers to create software to
    extend Skype's functionality. Skype has been downloaded more than half
    a billion times and over 220 million people from almost every corner
    of the globe have registered. Make your world a smaller place: talk,
    share and do more with Skype.

    Skype is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY), and you can learn more
    and get Skype at www.skype.com.

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    replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used
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