Tag archive: Josh Silverman

A Canadian research group called Citizen Lab, which is associated with the University of Toronto, has turned up a publicly available Chinese database that not only contains literally thousands of politically sensitive words blocked by the state, but also the names and details of Skype subscribers, meaning that the state has been censoring and blocking VoIP Skype calls and texts, according to the BBC. Citizen Lab says the Chinese system… Read More

It’s been a year of change at VoIP company Skype. First they appointed a new president, Josh Silverman, in March. Then they announced the beta of their Skype 4.0 upgrade. And now they’ve got a new chief operating officer in Scott Durschlag, who arrives after spending five years as part of Motorola’s Mobile Devices management team. "I believe in Skype not only because I've been a user since the early days, but… Read More

Reuters has reported that Skype has begun public testing of its Skype 4.0 software, which is intended to make video a more vital part of the communications process. Instead of being in a small corner, the video can now be full screen, and with a much greater resolution under the new software. To be fair, video calling isn’t new on Skype – it’s offered it since 2005 – but doing it this way marks a step forward,… Read More

Online auction leader eBay has appointed new CEO's for its Skype and Shopping.com subsidiaries. Skype's new CEO will be Josh Silverman, who's currently CEO of Shopping.com, while eBay vet Andre Haddad will take over the reigns of Shopping.com. “We're honored and excited to welcome Josh to Skype as CEO. He has an outstanding track record of entrepreneurial leadership and managing diverse, fast-growing… Read More