And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with ... theory is that the decline was partly because Skype wasn’t suited for ...

RIP Skype: a nostalgic service that allowed us to connect - IN FOCUS: Skype was the first of its kind to allow mere mortals to make global video calls via the internet. At the time, the platform was ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

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

Its decline is a reminder: in tech, even giants can become footnotes. Evolution doesn’t always come with a crash — sometimes, it’s just a silent uninstall. So here’s to Skype. For the ...

The Skype video call and messaging service is shutting down today, 14 years after replacing Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger. Skype was first released in August 2003 by a collective of Swedish ...

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 ...