After two decades of connecting the world, Skype is signing off for good. Microsoft has announced that the pioneering internet calling service will officially shut down on May 5, 2025, marking the ...

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

FILE - This photo shows the icon for Microsoft's Skype app on a smartphone in New York, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)(Patrick Sison / AP) The tech giant said Friday it will retire ...

Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook Messenger that it had fallen short on the very basics of Skype. It had gotten to ...

Microsoft on Feb. 28 announced it was retiring Skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in ...

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MICROSOFT has vowed to kill off Skype forever, ending a 22-year run for the legendary chat app. Skype was a massive hit in the noughties – but eventually faced stiff competition from rivals like ...

In a latest move, Microsoft, which acquired Skype in 2011 for a whopping $8.5 billion, has announced that it will sunset Skype in May 2025. Skype, a pioneer and a game-changer when it was launched ...

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