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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

All good things come to an end. Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype on May 5, nearly 15 years after the tech juggernaut acquired the VoIP European provider from eBay for $8.5 billion. Jeff ...

Skype shut down in May. Here’s how to access some of the data from your old Skype account, if you weren't prepared for the migration to Microsoft Teams.

Skype, the pioneer video-calling site from the early 2000s, is shutting down on Monday after 23 years in business as rivals like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have squashed the platform’s userbase.

Skype launched in 2003 and added video functionality to calls in 2005, a major innovation at the time. Microsoft acquired it in 2011 for $8.5 billion.

Skype debuted in 2003 and was an early disruptor in online communications, but Microsoft says it's time to close Skype and focus on its Teams video conferencing platform.

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