As the sun slowly sets Skype, some two decades after it started a revolution in online communication, owner Microsoft is ...

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Microsoft is retiring the Skype video conferencing service and moving users to the free version of Microsoft Teams effective May 5. These days, everyone uses a video conferencing app, but if you're a ...

WASHINGTON — After over two decades of providing web calls, Skype is shutting down on May 5. Microsoft made the announcement Friday in a press release and on the official Skype X account. “Starting in ...

Microsoft will retire Skype, the 21-year-old calling and messaging service, in May. Skype grew quickly in the 2000s and ended up in Microsoft's hands in 2011. But Skype lost steam in the 2010s as ...

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, which Microsoft bought in 2011 ...

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 communications ...

Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Skype, once a pioneering video-calling service, will shut down in May 2025. The company revealed that users could transition to Microsoft Teams Free using their ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype. Skype will remain online until May 5, giving users a limited window to decide: Move to Microsoft Teams or take their chat history and contacts elsewhere. The ...