Microsoft goes all in on chat bots!

Skype bots, Cortana bots, bot framework, bot directory, AI for visual, speech, and natural language bots, oh my!!

Microsoft has just made some very important announcements today in Build 2016, its biggest annual developer conference. Some of…

Cisco Spark Poised to Compete with Microsoft Skype for Business

By Jim Lundy

Cisco unveiled what it has been working on for the last several years — the Cisco Spark Platform, which is designed to blend Messaging, Meetings and Calls into one Integrated…

I Went To A Skype Coach For Compulsive Skin Picking

The first time I met Annette, a thin, angular…

R.I.P. Telephonic/Video-call Interviews

How Frankly.me, a futuristic mobile app, is changing the way companies hire.

A company thrives on its people. The culture, the growth and ultimately even the story of the company is…

Finally, a Skype integration with Slack? These guys solved that ages ago…

Recently, I was faced with my latest and greatest Slack integration predicament yet — as a member of a newly formed team, our initial communication had taken place via a Skype Group session, both via…

Skype for Windows is fundamentally broken, and nobody is doing anything to fix it.

I have been using Skype on Windows since the days when it was emerging as the hottest VoIP software on the market. For years, the Windows version of Skype was an awesome tool that made…