Skype will be retiring on Monday (May 5) after over 20 years in service. Over two decades after revolutionising the way people connected across the globe, Skype will be shutting down on Monday (May 5) ...

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then ...

Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help ...

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

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Microsoft-owned Skype has been credited with making video calls easy and ...

After over 22 years of being in service, Skype will be finally closing down on May 5, this year. Its replacement? That'll be Microsoft Teams, a much more business-oriented social app. As spotted by ...

When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the first time I remember feeling that an individual app—and not just the broader internet—was radically disrupting communications. Thanks to its implementation of ...

Skype, once the undisputed king of internet calling, will shut down on May 5, 2025, after an incredible 21-year run that transformed digital communication forever. Launched in 2003, Skype emerged at a ...

Skype will officially shut down on Monday, May 5. Microsoft had announced the old-time video-calling portal's retirement in February and said that its services will be replaced with Microsoft Teams.

Skype saw the future of video and messaging before almost everyone. It also probably never had a chance. Skype saw the future of video and messaging before almost everyone. It also probably never ...

Just days after reports that Google and Facebook were interested in partnering with, and possibly buying VoIP company Skype, Microsoft announced that it was buying the company for $8.56 billion in ...