Skype for dummies
Skype, recently acquired by eBay for $2.5 billion, allows people to talk for "free" to friends anywhere in the world through a broadband Internet connection. This book shows people how to download and set up Skype, create and edit a list of authorized contacts, set up a Skype Profile and I...
Main Author: | Abdulezer, Loren. |
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Other Authors: | Abdulezer, Susan., Dammond, Howard. |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley Pub.,
c2007.
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Series: |
--For dummies.
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Subjects: |
Summary: |
Skype, recently acquired by eBay for $2.5 billion, allows people to talk for "free" to friends anywhere in the world through a broadband Internet connection. This book shows people how to download and set up Skype, create and edit a list of authorized contacts, set up a Skype Profile and Internet identity, and implement call forwarding, conference calls, and voice mail. |
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Item Description: |
Includes index. |
Physical Description: |
xxii, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780470048917 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0470048913 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
Susan Abdulezer is currently a full time Multimedia Developer in New York City. Susan creates interactive DVDs, documentaries, and Web-delivered media. She has received many honors for technology innovation, winning the prestigious Computerworld/Smithsonian Award in Technology and Academia in both 1996 and 1997. Susan has also written numerous feature articles on education and technology as the contributing editor of Converge Magazine from 1998 to 2002. Susan is active in the Digital Storytelling community, exploring the nature and power of the emerging digital culture. She has also been known to tear herself away from the computer to play classical violin in the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra. Howard Dammond is an experienced IT professional and technical instructor, having consulted at several major Fortune 500 companies. Howard has 20-plus years of experience as a technical trainer and developer of innovative learning materials. His perspective on teaching and skills development was first inspired and then intensively developed at Yale University in its unique Master of Arts in Teaching program, where he focused on learning theory, the acquisition and nurture of analytic skills, and interdisciplinary methods of curriculum planning and development. |