Skype gearing up for a huge cloud-based offering?

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TechCrunch is reporting that popular voice service, Skype, is gearing up for a big cloud-based play. This would presumably include web-based voice-calling, and possibly even video and chat services as well. In addition to the web move, it seems that Skype is starting to focus and set the company’s sights on the enterprise world. With Google Voice now available for Google Apps customers (and some sort of Enterprise-styled Google Voice service possibly coming soon), we’re wondering Skype’s next move here. TechCrunch throws out the concept of having Skype possibly integrated into Microsoft’s cloud offerings, or even possibly extending the Skype relationship with Facebook into something much larger.

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  • http://twitter.com/PCPrime Ben Uecker

    I use skype and google voice interchangably as my home phone.

    Honestly, I don’t completely trust skype. From the selling out to verizon to the absolute lack of support. Yes, I am not saying google has support nor am I saying google voice doesn’t have it’s issues.

  • Norm

    While Skype is another great service offered EXCLUSIVELY by VZW, DROID has a better option with Google Voice, which the iphone does not. DROID DOES!

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_BHMB52ZFMATI5KS7D4JT6UU7NA Eric W

      dup

  • Anonymous

    Wow – who would have thought that Skype would move to the cloud! Skype on the web, what’s next – Starbucks making coffee, Boeing airplanes flying in the sky?

  • Aboxoflogic

    How about Skype for Blackberries? Blackberries on AT&T? Just that would be nice…

    • Bringit

      Or the Startac phones. That would be cool too.

  • http://twitter.com/madeofstown Jesse Johnson

    I don’t know if this means anything but I am an electrician and I have been helping to build a new skype campus in Palo Alto, CA.

  • Anonymous

    I’m sure it’ll be a wonderful bunch of new features…as long as you’re using a Verizon PC.

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