One of the great side-benefits of Instant Messaging and VoIP applications like Skype is that they let you see which of your friends and associates are currently online.
The following steps show you how you can make this information more conveniently visible, by showing which of your Skype contacts is currently online, in the Outlook toolbar. […]

The steps below show you how to link your Outlook contacts to Skype contacts, and how to keep their details (e.g. phone numbers) synchronized.  You are also shown how to import your Skype contacts into Outlook if you do not already have Outlook contacts set up for them. (The following instructions assume that you already […]

Have you ever wanted to talk to someone urgently but been unable to contact them? If so, when that person finally “surfaced” again, you would probably have appreciated a way of knowing (rather than having to continually try to reach them, or rely on them hearing/reading a message from you and getting back to you).
The […]