The announcement, reported by the Associated ... which is now the preferred platform for businesses and personal users. The shutdown of Skype is primarily due to its declining popularity, as ...

With Skype fading into the background, Microsoft officially announced its shutdown. As part of the announcement, Microsoft’s president of collaborative apps and platforms, Jeff Teper ...

As per the reports, in May 2025, Skype will be retired. This change will impact both free and paid Skype users, but not Skype for Business. Skype users will have the option to move to Microsoft Teams ...

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday ...

Microsoft will shut down its once-pioneering Skype video and voice calling service on May 5, and longtime users are discovering that they won’t be refunded for leftover prepaid balances — a ...

Skype’s shutdown comes 14 years after Microsoft bought the service for $8.5 billion in cash, marking the company’s largest ever acquisition at the time. Microsoft integrated the service into ...

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — 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 ...