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Skype Unlimited Calls to US and Canada

David Solomon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:24:02 +0000

Many Skype Users know that they can make any number of calls in a day with the very low fee of $12 for 3 months. It was such a good plan and many Indian companies and international people have opted for this option to do business with US and Canadian companies.

Recently Skype has put a limitation for this. So the unlimited had changed to limited calling now, but again they market the service saying unlimited calling.

The saturation point is 50 calls a day or maximum of 6 hours per day which cannot be called as unlimited. Now they say it is a fair usage policy.

Here is what their website says:

Fair Usage Policy

Calls to phones and mobiles and Skype To Go* calls are included in your subscription subject to a fair usage limit of 10,000 minutes per user per month, with a maximum of 6 hours per day. Also, no more than 50 different numbers in total can be called per day. If your subscription includes more than one country, then this is the total amount of minutes allowed per month on your account, and is not a separate limit for each country.

When Skye wanted the market it gave so many things for low cost, now they are changing everything.

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Skype 4.0 New interface

David Solomon — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:36:54 +0000

Skype has changed to a new interface which might be tough for some people to understand quickly. Here, I will explain you the similarity and how to easily get use to the new interface.

You might get something like the below image in middle of your screen. Skype used to get launched on the right side of the window. Now you will have to move it to the right side. As I have mentioned in the below image, click on the little icon on the top which will split the display window and the regular contact window separate. Then move Skype to your right side. You will have to do this only once and Skype remembers this setting and will give you this look always.

You can add a special note to your viewers including smiley’s and any URL. If you have a long list of contacts then search in the search contact box.

New Skype helps you to get better view on on the videos and conversation and notification the rest remains the same. post any questions that you might have, I will try to answer the same.Similar Posts:

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Login Multiple Skype Account in same computer

David Solomon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:04:16 +0000

I have several Skype ID and all are important that required me to keep myself signed in. I used my laptop and desktop to sign in to 2 Skype accounts. Later I did a search and found some tweaks but did not work well for me.

Finally, I found a free software that works pretty well where we can have multiple Skype instances accounts logged in to the same computer.

This is Called Skype Launcher

Download Skype Launcher free software here

You just need to download this software and keep it anywhere in your PC at a safe location and do the following
Uncompress the folder and you will see the below files

Open the Readme file and read the instruction
Open the Skypelauncher_Config.exe file
You will see the below screen

Click Add

Enter the user ID and password of the first Skype Account
Click OK
Again Click Add and enter the second account, you can repeat this action for the number of Skype account you want to run
Then Click Save
Now Run the SkypeLauncher.exe

You will see the above screen opening and Leave it for few seconds and this will open multiple Skype instances and automatically those accounts will be logged in
You need to make sure you have not selected the �Sign me in When Skype Starts�

You do not need to configure the Skype Launcher every time you want to open Skype, You just need to do it once
There is not installation required also just delete the whole Skypelauncher folder to uninstall

Download Skype Launcher free software here

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Skype Tips – Rename Your Contacts

David Solomon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:18:54 +0000

Skype is a great technology for making calls worldwide to any landlines and cell phone number also to make Computer to Computer calls.

I admire Skype technology and everyday of my life I use Skype. I have used many versions of Skype and it seems to get better every time.

You may want your contact name different or the similar ones. How to rename Skype Contacts?

For example,

You might know a John working in your company and a John who is your client. This may lead to an issue where you sometime send a wrong message to your client.

To prevent this, you can give custom names to your contacts.

For example,

John Internal and John Client or Client John or John Consultmirror
This way you know to differentiate between 2 contacts

You can rename the Skype contacts by following the methods below

Login to Skype
Click on any contacts

Right click on the contact view and you will get a menu as seen below

Click �Rename�
This will give you the editing option on the existing name as seen below

Change the name that you want to and click outside of this editing box
Your changes will be saved
I found this method to be very useful in organizing the contacts

You can keep funny names also, your contacts will not know that you have changed the name. Have Fun.

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Gmail Tips and Tricks – Gmail Search, Inside Chat or Gtalk

David Solomon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:34:24 +0000

Gmail offers a great search feature similar to Google search.

Gmail chat history or Gtalk history is stored inside your Gmail account. You can do a search only inside the Gtalk chat history by following the method below.

In the Gmail search box type is:chat

This Gmail search will bring all the chat history.

If you are looking for any messages or chat name type is:chat David

If you have any questions or comments, please post a comment.

Web based IM (Instant Messaging) No Download

David Solomon — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:35:34 +0000

Meebo (All in one Web based IM)

When I was working for a company couple of years back, I found this wonderful website for chatting without downloading the chat software.

You may not have permission to download and install any software in your office PC. But if you want to chat with your friends and family members you do not need to install any software in your system.

Meebo is the choice for everyone.

Meebo Supports, Yahoo Messenger, MSN / Windows Live Messenger, AOL (AIM), ICQ, Jabbar, Gtalk (Google Talk)

Meebo also supports Playing games, video conference, transfer files, and so much more, all from your Web browser.

Meebo Sign in page

It normally works with popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.

Some times if you have any restriction on your computer using firewall, you may not be able to chat. You can also find the work around in Meebo Instant messaging website Meebo.com.

Keep visiting this blog for more updates. If you have any questions like how to use or any issues post a comment and let me see if I can help.Similar Posts:

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Turn Off / On Chat feature in Gmail

David Solomon — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:07:30 +0000

How to Turn on or Turn off the chat feature in Gmail?

By default when you open the Gmail you will have the chat feature enabled. So when you check your email, actually your friends or contacts can see you “online and open for chat”. You may not want to chat with them, but if they send a message, Gmail pops with their message and most of the time you cannot avoid answering them.

So if you do not want Gmail feature, you can disable it by doing the following.

Sign into Gmail account

Go to the bottom of the page (See the screen shot for example)

You will see “Turn on chat” or “Turn Off chat” link, just press that and you can disable or enable the chat feature.

Turn On and Off chat feature in Gmail

Keep reading for more beneficial Tips and work around about Gmail and Google services.

Google Funny Errors (Spelling)

David Solomon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:16:13 +0000

Google talk link to “Google talk home”

While I was browsing google talk page for updates I found the below. Such a big company, still they are not able to stop these things Good

This was taken on 10/17/2008 5:11Pm EST

Google Spelling Error

Dave

Gtalk

David Solomon — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:53:12 +0000

Gtalk (Google Talk)

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Gtalk is a Chat Software introduced by Google.

Instant Messaging, PC to PC voice calls, Gmail Notifications, File Transfers

Gtalk is a lightweight software for Instant Messaging, it has all the features of other popular IM softwares like Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AOL (AIM) and there are no annoying ads in Gtalk.

Gtalk may be different for new users but when they start using it, they will feel great to work with Gtalk.

There are features like adding smileys and to consolidate all the IM windows into one window.

Google Talk (Gtalk) IM Window

You can also chat using gtalk and it is very simple. You can call any friend who has a gmail ID or Google account ID. If they are not online you can leave a voice mail which will be delivered via email. This is one wonderful feature that you cannot find in any other IMs. This can be compared with Skype which does not give voice mail feature for all the users but the quality of the calls are much better than any other IMs. But Gtalk offers voice mail feature which is very very good.

You can add avatar into Gtalk like any other IM.

All IMs in one place using Digsby

David Solomon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:11:13 +0000

Digsby

This software is used for having the Yahoo IM, MSN messenger, Gtalk and AIM in one place. You do not need to download each application, just download digsby and start using all.

You can have all your contacts (buddy list) in one IM window.

You can rename the contacts to however you like.

You can also access your email from Digsby.

Digsby allows user to configure POP email in the option menu. All the POP Emails headers will be fetched periodically.

I am using Digsby and it is very helpful. I have asked most of my office staff to try it out. It is free.

The negative points will be voice chat, I have not used� digsby for voice chat yet. And Also I have not tried using the Video (IM)

Digsby also supports Social newsfeed, social network, email alerts and notification and Instant messenger like aim (Aol instant messenger), MSN messenger, Windows Live Messenger (WLM), Yahoo messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber, Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail, Aol mail, IMAP, POP mail, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Linkedin.

Screen shot from Digby (All in one IM) Website, you will also find the download link for this website.

Digsby All in one IM

Digsby IM window

Digsby Email support

Chat in Notification window (pop up)

Download Digsby now for free

Dave

^{Note: I only recommand this software but do not support or guarentee anything}

Technology Help Center » Instant Messaging

Skype Unlimited Calls to US and Canada

Fair Usage Policy

Skype 4.0 New interface

Login Multiple Skype Account in same computer

Skype Tips – Rename Your Contacts

Gmail Tips and Tricks – Gmail Search, Inside Chat or Gtalk

Read more Gmail tips from our website

Web based IM (Instant Messaging) No Download

Meebo (All in one Web based IM)

Turn Off / On Chat feature in Gmail

How to Turn on or Turn off the chat feature in Gmail?

Google Funny Errors (Spelling)

Google talk link to “Google talk home”

Gtalk

Gtalk (Google Talk)

All IMs in one place using Digsby

Digsby

Download Digsby now for free