Skype is retiring in May 2025, and Microsoft Teams is essentially stepping in to take its place. But who owns Skype anyway?

The platform revolutionised online communication with free calls between computers, before the rise of rivals like Teams, ...

Skype is among the world’s most long-lasting digital brands. But other mobile apps took off faster, and Skype didn’t see the ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype video call and messaging service will be shut down in May, 14 years after replacing ...

Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said. It ...

Microsoft today announced that it will officially retire Skype on May 5, 2025, concluding its 14-year tenure as the owner of ...

Microsoft is discontinuing Skype starting on May 5, but it's releasing tools for users to easily migrate to Teams or another ...

Advertisement Advertisement Founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Tallinn, Estonia, Skype was a pioneer in making ...

Continue your calls and chats in Teams.” That explicitly spells out the plans for Skype’s deprecation in favor of Microsoft’s ...

Skype will be closed down in May 2025, but it really died in 2011 when it was bought by Microsoft. It's just been a death by ...

Microsoft confirmed Friday that it is officially retiring Skype in May and consolidating its consumer communication offerings ...

Microsoft has cited a regular review of feature usage as the reason behind the decision, which will affect Skype's free call ...