After more than two decades of connecting people across the globe, Skype has officially retired in May 2025. Microsoft, which acquired the pioneering voice and video calling service in 2011, announced ...

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 ...

Pioneer video-calling site Skype is shutting down on Monday after 23 years as other popular apps like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have swiped market share in recent years. Users of Microsoft-owned ...

On May 5, 2025, Skype’s once-dominant video messaging service went dark after more than two decades – although it is still accessible for business users via Microsoft Teams.

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype ...

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 ...

Skype users bade farewell to the online communication service Monday, reminiscing about late-night calls with friends, long-distance dates and free catch-ups with far-flung family — along with ...

Users could also send "text" messages through Skype. "For a lot of people, it was the first time they had ever used a video chat software and was honestly a market leader at the time," James ...

archived forever on the great file server in the sky. Software giant Microsoft shut down Skype on Monday, 5 May 2025 and is directing users to switch to its Slack rival, Microsoft Teams.

Shortly after my mother’s 89th birthday I called her landline via Skype. It was our last such communication ever. Don’t worry, mom’s fine. Skype, however, is as dead as the dire wolf. Deader, probably ...

Skype is no more, as Microsoft is retiring the once-popular video calling service on Monday. Shutting down Skype will help the software giant focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying ...