Skype was once a pioneering VoIP service, but Microsoft effectively killed it 10 years ago. Skype was once a pioneering VoIP service, but Microsoft effectively killed it 10 years ago. Tom Warren ...

A 3D printed Skype logo is placed in front of a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the ...

Skype is shutting down May 5, leaving users about two months to migrate data over to Teams or find another platform altogether. According to Jeff Teper, Microsoft president overseeing ...

Skype Will Shut Down on May 5, As Microsoft Shifts to Teams Your email has been sent Microsoft is officially retiring Skype on May 5, ending the app’s two-decade run as a pioneer in video calling.

Perhaps one of the new emoji that stands out the most is the “face with bags under eyes,” which is basically an emoji with a really tired face. But users will also have a few other new options ...

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Microsoft said today it will be retiring the original free internet calling app Skype in May and migrating customers to Microsoft Teams. In blog post titled “The next chapter,” Jeff Teper ...

It’s official: Skype is dead. The long-lived (by internet standards) voice-over-internet app has been put out to pasture by parent company Microsoft. Though Skype was once considered the way to ...

Skype is shutting down in the next couple of months, but Microsoft is making the transition to Teams easy. You will be able to sign into Teams with your Skype credentials and get access to all ...

Over 20 years after its debut, Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, the first big video calling app. As confirmed by Microsoft today after being first spotted in code by XDA, Skype is shutting ...

After being around for what seems like forever, it's finally the end of the road for Microsoft's video conferencing and communications app Skype. On February 28, 2025, Jeff Teper, President of ...