Contrary to its quick growth, Skype’s decline was long in the making. Two years after launching, Skype had about 50 million ...

After months of preparation and years of gradual decline, Microsoft has officially pulled the plug on Skype today, May 5th, ...

Popular video calling service Skype ends as Microsoft pulls the plug on the video calling app. Despite numerous attempts to ...

Skype didn’t die overnight. Its decline was a slow unraveling caused by a combination of missed opportunities and questionable decisions. After Microsoft purchased it for $8.5 billion in 2011, many ...

This is how it works: From 8-billion purchase to decline Microsoft announced its plans to terminate Skype at the end of ...

Microsoft has officially shut down Skype as of 5 May 2025, ending a service that once defined internet communication for ...

Before we were wedged into "Brady Bunch" squares on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, before we grew accustomed to summoning friends and family anytime, anywhere with FaceTime, there was Skype.

As Microsoft shutters Skype, users reflect on two decades of connection and change. Photo / Getty Images After 22 years, the video calling platform Skype has shut down. After its inception, ...

The decline was partly because Skype's underlying technology was not suited for the smartphone era. Microsoft Teams launched in 2017. While Microsoft declined to share the latest user figures for ...

The announcement, made in February, marks the culmination of Skype’s gradual decline as Microsoft pivots its users towards Microsoft Teams. The closure will affect both free and paid Skype users ...

From 8-billion purchase to decline Microsoft announced its plans to terminate Skype at the end of February. Founded in 2003 by the Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Danish entrepreneur ...