Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook Messenger that it had fallen short on the very basics of Skype. It had gotten to ...

Skype will be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or migrate to Teams. Skype will be retired on May 5th, and existing users will need to export their data or ...

FILE - This photo shows the icon for Microsoft's Skype app on a smartphone in New York, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)(Patrick Sison / AP) The tech giant said Friday it will retire ...

Skype was born in Estonia in 2003. Twenty-two years later, it’s being laid to rest by its current owner, Microsoft. What was once the dominant player in messaging, voice, and videoconferencing ...

The digital world is saying goodbye to one of its pioneers. Microsoft’s retirement of Skype marks the end of an era for online communications. Once the dominant platform for video and voice ...

Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid 2000s. Skype will “no longer be available” to use ...

On Friday, the company announced that Skype will be retired on May 5 so that it can focus on the free version of Teams. To encourage this transition, Microsoft will soon allow users to sign in to ...

‘Thank you for being part of Skype.’ Microsoft was reportedly going to announce Skype’s retirement next week, but the news was broken today by computing news outlet XDA. Skype launched in ...

By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco Microsoft is finally hanging up on its longtime calling and messaging app Skype, which it acquired 14 years ago, signifying the end of an era for one of the ...

According to a report in XDA, Microsoft's preview for the latest Skype for Windows has a message to that effect. The planned retirement of Skype was verified by XDA.(Pixabay) As verified by XDA ...