Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a ...

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. Skype won ...

In 2025, Microsoft made a costly $8.5 billion decision. The full story is surprising, and the details reveal a major shift in ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype. Skype will remain online until May 5, giving users a limited window to decide: Move to Microsoft Teams or take their chat history and contacts elsewhere. The ...

Once hailed as a technology of the future, Skype, the video calling and messaging service, shut down on Monday after 22 years in operation. Microsoft, which has owned Skype for 14 years, announced in ...

It’s the end of an era. Microsoft has just announced that it’s getting rid of a once-popular service that’s been around for about two decades. According to the company’s blog, Microsoft — after a ...

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 ...

Before there was Zoom, Skype was the dominant internet-based phone and video service for the masses. After 22 years of service (14 years under Microsoft), customers were shocked to learn that ...

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The app offered a convenient and trustworthy way to make calls and keep in touch. The app offered a convenient ...

At XDA, Rich Woods writes: The writing has been on the wall for Skype for a long time, but every time you think it’s dead, Microsoft launches some big update. This time, however, that’s not happening, ...