Skype, the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service, will be history come May. It was so popular that people used it as a verb: "I'll Skype you in the morning." Microsoft, which ...

Microsoft is shutting down Skype in favor of Teams. Skype will be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or migrate to Teams.

Microsoft began deprecating these services back in December, preventing users from adding any further credit to their accounts while also putting a halt on buying Skype numbers.Users were still ...

Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help ...

Microsoft tried to integrate Skype into Windows, but the writing may have been on the wall once Microsoft launched Teams as a Slack competitor in 2017 — though Teams began strictly as a chat app ...

Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May, with users encouraged to move to the Teams app. The company is consolidating its video-connection applications because Teams has ...

Microsoft killed Skype and trapped her money. She is fighting back. It’s a question we face repeatedly: What do companies owe us when they shut down the products and services we use?

Microsoft purchased Skype for $8.5 billion in cash with a 300% markup from its original valuation in 2007, when eBay ...

Skype is legacy software dating back to 2003, though it’s been in Microsoft’s hands since 2011 after a $8.5 billion buyout. After that, it has had its own division within the larger company.

As for Skype, Microsoft’s current CEO, Satya Nadella, hasn’t mentioned it on an earnings call since 2017. In 2023, Microsoft said Skype had 36 million daily active users. That was down from 40 ...

While Microsoft declined to share the latest user figures for Skype with Reuters, the company said there would be no job cuts due to the move and that Teams has about 320 million monthly active users.

After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which ...