Microsoft has announced its videoconferencing application - which launched in August 2003 - will retire on Monday, May 5, ...

Skype may be on its way out, but GroupMe — once purchased by Skype — is still going strong. Microsoft just announced a new ...

Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying ...

For users, Skype will go offline on May 5, when Microsoft replaces it with a free version of Microsoft Teams. Teams has been ...

With Skype on the way out, Microsoft has officially pointed people toward Teams. But by the time Skype support ends in May, ...

This morning, Microsoft has confirmed to Ars that it's true. May 5, 2025, will mark the end of Skype's long run.

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

Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook ...

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

“Skype calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption,” Skype’s homepage read in 2004.

Microsoft announced on X that it will be shuttering Skype and pushing users towards Teams. X calls it an epic fumble.

Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that ...