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Review: Skype 6.0 for iOS brings renewed focus to a venerable communication app

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<p>Skype has a clean interface that places extreme attention to detail. For example, the chat bubbles have almost-square corners that make is easier to view images shared through the app.</p></figcaption></figure>
<p>It wasn’t too long ago that the technology behind Skype (http://www.skype.com/en/) (App Store link (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/skype-for-iphone/id304878510?mt=8)) seemed like a short step removed from black magic. At a time when long-distance telephone service was still an expensive proposition, this powerful app made it possible for an entire generation of early Internet users to chat and talk with people from the other side of the world for free, regardless of the speed or type of connection they had.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2983748/ios-apps/review-skype-6-0-for-ios-brings-renewed-focus-to-a-venerable-communication-app.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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