Skype for Android reaches 1 billion downloads
It’s been a busy year for Skype, Microsoft’s messenger. It reached version 8.0, added PayPal support and themes, it plays better with other apps too. And all that hard work has been rewarded as the Android app joined the 1 billion downloads club.
Skype for Android hit 100 million downloads in July 2013, then grew to 500 million downloads back in February 2015 and has continued to expand rapidly.
Skype for Android got a refreshed UI and many new features this year
Microsoft paid the whopping $8.5 billion in 2011 to acquire Skype from eBay. For comparison, the Redmond company payed $7.9 billion for Nokia’s device division.
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- AnonD-60230
- 26 Oct 2017
- PEW
Use duckduckgo instead of google 😀😀😀
- Anonymous
- 26 Oct 2017
- YQJ
You cannot be assured of no backdoors till you design and manufacture the hardware, firmware and software on a device all by yourself
- abigfanoftechs
- 26 Oct 2017
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Some people are not bothered by a backed door app, while others might. I just choose not to use apps which give backdoor to government agencies. Now, how do I avoid Google? ;)
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