It was so popular that people used it as a verb: "I'll Skype you in the morning." Microsoft, which acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, announced in a post on X on Friday that the iconic voice ...

After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it will be retiring ...

Skype will be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or migrate to Teams. Skype will be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or ...

Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May 2025 The company urges users to move over to Microsoft Teams instead Skype has been ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, the pioneering Internet telecommunications and video call platform it bought nearly 14 years ago for $8.5 billion. "We will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to ...

On Friday, Microsoft announced that the 21-year-old calling and messaging service will shut down May 5. The software company is encouraging Skype users to migrate to its free Teams app.

Microsoft plans to sunset Skype, a service that was part of the foundation of IP telephony, by May 5. Instead, Microsoft plans to replace Skype with the free version of Microsoft Teams ...

Here's what to know about the death of Skype, including more information on why Microsoft decided to pull the plug. Skype is a VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, service that enables users to ...

Skype is going to go the way of Dodo in a few months. Microsoft has now said you should jump on Teams instead. The Microsoft-owned video conferencing tool missed the boat on the pandemic-era boom ...

Skype is no more, as Microsoft is retiring the once-popular video calling service on Monday. Shutting down Skype will help the software giant focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying ...

Pioneer video-calling site Skype is shutting down on Monday after 23 years as other popular apps like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have swiped market share in recent years. Users of Microsoft-owned ...

It’s not clear how many people are impacted. The most recent numbers that Microsoft had shared were in 2023, when it said it ...