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chime on July 4, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Solve problems. Don't build ideas.

> Skype

Skype solved a real problem for people with friends and families around the world. It was near impossible for regular users to make real-time audio/video conferencing work (NetMeeting, ICQ voice plugins) until Skype came along and made it possible.

ra on July 4, 2012 [–]

Skype allows my son to have a relationship with his grandparents who live more than 10,000 miles away.

That's a huge problem solved for an absolutely enormous market.

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