Emerging Tech Talk #015 - Demo - new Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac

Tonight out at MacWorld, Skype is announcing their new 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X which rolls out some new features including screen sharing, WiFi access via Boingo, a new way to interact with Mood messages that are more like Twitter, chat prioritization and a number of other options.

In this episode, host Dan York demonstrates those new features and shows what the new Skype 2.8 Beta for Mac OS X looks like...

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Category:

Science & Technology

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• skype
• voip
• voice
• emergingtechtalk
• danyork
• ett
• mac
• macosx
• apple
• macworld

[voxeovideos]

If you get that message, you can also view the video at the link mentioned in the "More info" area of this video.

[voxeovideos]

Hmmm... some people are seeing "this video is no longer available" and I have no clue why.

[voxeovideos]

gamumba - There is a Skype 4.0 Beta 3 for Windows that has *other* features in it. You can find more info over on Skype's blog sites. (My comments do not seem to be published when I include a direct link.)

[tubeman25]

@voxeovideos look in my favorites so u can view the video

[AbsinthePunk]

can you enlarge YOUR OWN webcam window in skype when you 're video chatting ?

[HED12HED12]

nice

can i share with windows

via skype ?

[WickedJargon]

you've got a loud of contacts

[jamesachick]

Interesting.. Love OS X... However... the clip shows rather more options (though on Skype 2.8 beta) than he has.. For instance I cannot find the priority feature. Any ideas?