Microsoft just announced that it’s shutting down Skype in May 2025, officially ending the run of what was once my go-to app for video and voice calls. If you’re still using Skype, you’ll need to find ...

Is Skype dead—or just misunderstood? Once the king of video calling, Skype was dethroned by competitors like Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. But what really happened to Skype? Why did it lose its ...

Technology has come a long way since 2003, the year Skype — one of the earliest free video- and voice-calling programs — was launched. That same year, MySpace made its debut, and Facebook followed in ...

I was shocked to learn that Skype is shutting down in two months: I have been using it as my main chat app since it was acquired by MS and it replaced MSN/Windows/Live Messenger almost 30 years ago.

All good things come to an end. Jeff Teper, president of collaborative apps and platforms at Microsoft, revealed in a Feb. 28 blog post that the company would be retiring the service in order to ...

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The era of "Skyping" is coming to an end. Microsoft is shutting down what was once a pioneer in videoconferencing. Skype, the video-calling service that was once so popular it became a verb, is ...

Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, with some features shifting to Microsoft Teams. Users can port their numbers to alternatives like Google Voice, Zoom, or VoIP services. Some platforms offer free ...

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft ...

It's hard to envision what Microsoft intends to do with Skype for corporate IT. So what can users expect to get out of Microsoft's $8.5 billion investment? The people who paid $2.5 billion for Skype ...

What Skype users should expect from new deal with Microsoft. May 11, 2011— -- What does Microsoft need to do to keep Skype customers happy? Nothing at all. Microsoft announced plans Tuesday to ...