In a move that could have been seen coming from at least a decade away, Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype service will ...

Atomico, founded in 2006 by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, raised two new funds worth $1.24 billion to back European technology firms. The two new funds are comprised of a $754 million growth ...

Tech giant to retire service it acquired for $8.5bn after being overtaken by upstarts such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Zoom ...

Microsoft is retiring Skype in May 2025, urging users to migrate to Microsoft Teams Free. Here are some alternatives video ...

Skype, the iconic internet chat and phone service owned by Microsoft, has announced it will be shutting down in May. The company shared the news on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, marking the end ...

Saar has seen first-hand how the tech scene in Europe and Israel has been developing. His firm, Mangrove Capital Partners, was an early backer of Skype, the Luxembourg-based online communications ...

Microsoft bought Skype almost 14 years ago. I remember it was started by a couple of entrepreneurs in Northern Europe. Um eBay owned it at one point, then it was sold to a private equity consortium.

Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said. It was once one of the world's most popular websites and allowed people to ...