Tsikbal: from my perspective

About a five years ago I decided to give Bluetooth headphones a try for use with my smartphone , and I must admit that not having wires to worry about was a nice thing to have. Before that, the only other wireless device I had was a mouse , because I had being using a laptop as my every day computer for years and not having a cable to use the mouse was also quite a nice thing. After a I got a laptop that had Bluetooth when I upgraded, I had been using Bluetooth headphones for a couple of years. So, I decided to get a pair of Bluetooth headphones to use with it since I found that the audio of Bluetooth headphones is more than good enough for my use case, since I only use them to listen to music, videos, podcasts , or on video conferences. And it turned out to be quite a great experience for me. It gave a degree of freedom of movement that I appreciate a lot, since I like to stand up and walk a bit from time to time, and not having to take of the headphones to do so is quite nice. The ...

The news that Microsoft   Skype , and integrating some of its functionalities into Teams is one that hits in the nostalgia. To be honest, the news in itself wasn't all that surprising. Microsoft had been pushing teams as a collaborative tool for a while now, while Skype has been largely ignored. While I used Skype in the early 2000s, it has been quite a while since I moved to WhatsApp , and Messenger , for most of my everyday communications including voice and video calls. I even do more phone calls using the phone app. Though, I did use Skype to keep in touch with friends and family for a while, but we ended up moving to WhatsApp, or the massaging services of Facebook, Instagram, Telegram , Zoom , or other social media sites. Mainly because they are more convenient ways to chat and share files or other media. I can't remember the last time I used Skype for anything. In someways, when Microsoft purchased Skype I thought it could become a worthy successor to MSN Messenger . I...