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Microsoft shuts down once-popular online video call service

Farewell To Skype As Microsoft Pulls The Plug On Video Messaging Platform

Microsoft has pulled the plug on Skype, the well-loved video messaging platform that recently celebrated its 21st birthday. Now you will have to use Microsoft Teams.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 55m

Skype, the video calling and messaging service, officially shuts down after 22 years

Microsoft decided to shut down Skype to focus its resources on developing its Microsoft Teams app, which includes the services that Skype provided plus more.

South China Morning Post · 1h

RIP Skype: Microsoft shuts down once-popular online video call service

Skype, the online video-calling service, has shut down after more than two decades. The platform revolutionised video calling and, as some (The Verge) say, “saw the future of video messaging before almost everyone”.

Microsoft Shuts Down Skype

PCMag on MSN · 20h

Microsoft Shuts Down Skype, Shifts Users to Teams

"Goodbye Skype, hello Teams," the Skype website now reads. Those who still have an active subscription and Skype Credits can use the Skype Dial Pad to make calls to landlines and mobile numbers. Original Story 2/28: Farewell,

Ars Technica · 20h

RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams

Today is the day: Microsoft has formally shuttered the Skype app and service after announcing in February that Skype was being axed in favor of Microsoft Teams, the company's Slack competitor.

The Daily Beast on MSN · 16h

Microsoft Shuts Down Skype After 22 Years

Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on video-messaging service Skype after 22 years. For years synonymous with online video calls, the pioneering service was first launched in 2003, acquired by eBay in 2005,

2don MSN

Microsoft to close Skype on Monday

Skype debuted in 2003 and was an early disruptor in online communications, but Microsoft says it's time to close Skype and ...

16hon MSN

The internet says goodbye to Skype, and thanks for all the calls

The decision to scrap Skype, announced in March, caps a remarkable 21-year run for a software that for many embodied the ...

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Microsoft shuts down Skype

Microsoft has officially announced the shutdown of Skype on May 5, 2025, after nearly 22 years of service. The company is now ...

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RIP Skype — you were right about almost everything

At its peak, Skype was enormous. In 2009, The New York Times reported the app had 405 million users, and accounted for 8 ...

Skype joins MSN in messenger heaven after Microsoft officially ends its life

Microsoft has officially shut down Skype after the service pioneered the now diluted landscape of video chatting, marking the ...

Estonian pioneering telecoms tech platform Skype closes down

Estonian-founded Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platform Skype ended its operations for good on Monday, after nearly 22 ...

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