Share your doodles with friends on Skype for Windows Phone

Microsoft has just updated its Skype app for Windows Phone to let the artistic side of its users out. You can now share your drawings, doodles on photos, and even annotated Bing Maps on the app. The app also gets HD display support and the option to sign in using your phone’s Microsoft account. There is no word yet when the drawing feature will make its way to Android and iOS but we won’t be surprised if that shows up soon.

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Skype gets iOS 8-ready, adds interactive notifications support

Microsoft has update its Skype messenger to take more advantage of the new interactive notifications feature on iOS 8. It is now possible to respond to text messages as well as video and voice calls from the notifications settings.

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Microsoft updates Skype to only send you chat notifications on one active device

If you have Skype on your smartphone, tablet, and computer, we’re pretty sure you get annoyed by the simultaneously pinging of those devices when you get chat notifications. Microsoft is fixing the problem with a new update. Skype has a new “active endpoint” feature that will only send you chat notifications on the device you are using. For example, if you are chatting on your phone, then the notifications will only show up on your phone. At the same time, the chat history is still synced across multiple devices so if you want to pick up the conversation on another device, you can do just that.

Skype gets Cortana integration

We have more voice recognition software news for you today. Microsoft has integrated its own virtual assistant Cortana into Skype on your Windows Phone devices to let users make calls by just asking Cortana. Microsoft said Thursday, “Now you can start Skype video and audio calls by simply asking Cortana something like ‘Skype, get Mom on the screen.” The feature is currently available in the 2.19 update for Skype on Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 in the U.S. The new update also added more language support (from 19 to 51 languages) and improved notifications.