REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to ...

After over two decades of serving the world with its video calling services, Microsoft is now sunsetting one of the most famous platforms in the world, Skype, which popularized this type of ...

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One of the most widely used online calling services will soon reach its end after a 21-year run. Microsoft said Friday that it will shut down Skype in early May, with users encouraged to move to the ...

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Microsoft-owned Skype has been credited with making video calls easy and ...

Microsoft, which owns Skype, announced in February that the service would be available until May 5 and urged users to switch over to the free version of Microsoft Teams, its communication platform ...

Skype, the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service, will be history come May. It was so popular that people used it as a verb: "I'll Skype you in the morning." Microsoft, which ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype video call and messaging service will be shut down in May, 14 years after replacing the Windows Live Messenger. A reader contacted BleepingComputer, and shared ...

After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling service, is shutting down. Microsoft, the parent company, confirmed that the official sunset date for the service ...