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We list the best alternatives to Skype, to make it simple and easy to speak online with friends, family and colleagues via video chat. Although Skype became one of the early success stories when it ...

We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of a much-loved friend who was cruelly taken from us at the tender age of 21 and cut down in the prime of life by an uncaring stepparent. I’m talking ...

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 ...

The Skype video call and messaging service is shutting down today, 14 years after replacing Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger. Skype was first released in August 2003 by a collective of Swedish, ...

Skype, the video-calling service that was once so popular it became a verb, has officially shut down. Purchased by Microsoft in 2011, Skype was a pioneer in making telephone calls using the internet ...

Microsoft is retiring Skype to shift its focus to its larger active user base, video-conferencing platform Teams. Since the mid-2000s, the platform has struggled to retain its user base amid ...

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 ...

Microsoft plans to sunset Skype, a service that was part of the foundation of IP telephony, by May 5. Instead, Microsoft plans to replace Skype with the free version of Microsoft Teams, the company ...

MICROSOFT has vowed to kill off Skype forever, ending a 22-year run for the legendary chat app. Skype was a massive hit in the noughties – but eventually faced stiff competition from rivals like Zoom ...

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 call ...