A meeting in Skype, the messaging and calling app that once ranked as Microsoft’s largest acquisition. (Microsoft Photo) Before Zoom, before FaceTime, and before video-calling became a default feature ...

Skype Will Shut Down on May 5, As Microsoft Shifts to Teams Your email has been sent Microsoft is officially retiring Skype on May 5, ending the app’s two-decade run as a pioneer in video calling. The ...

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 ...

During Covid, my family struggled with Zoom meetings—some had cameras in awkward places, others couldn’t get their mics working. At that time, I had been using Zoom for some work meetings and some ...

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 bought in 2011 ...

According to a report from XDA Developers, inside the latest version of Skype for Windows preview, there’s a string that says, “Starting in May, Skype will no longer be available. Continue your calls ...

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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On February 28, 2025, Microsoft announced its decision to discontinue Skype. Skype revolutionized computer-to-computer communication to the point where making a video call became synonymous with ...