Skype, the once-revolutionary voice-over internet platform, will cease to exist. Those still using it to make calls should check out these other options. When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the ...

Microsoft shut down Skype, the internet-based phone and video call service, on Monday, 14 years after the tech company bought it for $8.5 billion. Microsoft announced in February that Skype users ...

Skype numbers can be ported to a phone carrier or any number of other VoIP services. But you’ll have to start the process through the new provider, not Skype. Google Voice.

All good things come to an end. Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype on May 5, nearly 15 years after the tech juggernaut acquired the VoIP European provider from eBay for $8.5 billion. Jeff ...

Skype, the pioneer video-calling site from the early 2000s, is shutting down on Monday after 23 years in business as rivals like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have squashed the platform’s userbase.

Skype was founded in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2003, by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. The service’s VoIP technology allowed free calls between Skype users, bypassing traditional phone companies ...

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 shut down in May. Here’s how to access some of the data from your old Skype account, if you weren't prepared for the migration to Microsoft Teams.

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 ...

After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling service, is shutting down. Microsoft, the parent company, confirmed Here's a list of alternative video ...

Today, Microsoft shuttered Skype. The 22 year old telecommunications program is survived by its many successors, including the detestable Microsoft Teams. Skype was first released in 2003, and was ...

In conjunction with its Voice over IP service, Skype also offers instant messaging features as well as text messages. Provided that both you and your contact are online at the same time the ...