SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MAY 10: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (L) shakes hands with Skype CEO Tony Bates during a news conference on May 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Microsoft has agreed to buy ...

After a 21-year run, the once widely-used video chat app Skype is now officially a memory, as of May 5.

Microsoft is doing away with video-calling service Skype in favor of its newer video chat counterpart, Teams, according to an announcement from the software company. Skype will be sunsetted on May 5, ...

The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use ...

At the VoiceCon conference, the vice president of Microsoft's Unified Communications Group claimed that VoIP is an automobile in a horse-drawn buggy world A Microsoft executive addressed the recent ...

RIP Skype. The audio and video communicator used by a generation is about to retire, as Microsoft announced it will phase out Skype in favor of its Microsoft Teams platform. As reported by The Verge, ...

The big news this week: Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion. That’s a decent chunk of change and it’s got some Microsoft investors worried. So how will the Redmond giant puts its most expensive ...

In 2025, Microsoft made a costly $8.5 billion decision. The full story is surprising, and the details reveal a major shift in its strategy.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The app offered a convenient and trustworthy way to make calls and keep in touch. The app offered a convenient ...

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. Christmas Eve winner in ...

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