As we bid farewell to Skype, I’m thinking about how it lost the war on Zoom - and why it was all Microsoft’s fault.

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

Shut down by Microsoft, the beloved video chat app is leaving behind a very different world than the one it gave birth to.

The world was under lockdown. This should have been the time for Skype to shine, but instead, Zoom took over, becoming the go-to communications app. It was simple to use, whereas Skype was cumbersome.

Skype squandered its lead as the world shifted overnight to remote work, virtual catch-ups, and school via screen. In its place, Zoom became a verb, much like Skype used to be. And Microsoft ...

Zoom had become a household name during the pandemic. After over two decades of connecting people across the world, Skype is shutting down today. Once the go-to platform for international calls ...

Launched in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2011, Skype enabled affordable international calling, video chats, and instant messaging long before the rise of Zoom, WhatsApp, and Teams.

Skype was once synonymous with internet calling and video chat, predating and shaping the digital communication landscape that platforms like Zoom, Messenger, and WhatsApp now dominate.