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

Niklas Zennström may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur. The 37-year-old Stockholm resident co-authored the legendary software used in the Kazaa file-sharing network. After he and his ...

In a move that could have been seen coming from at least a decade away, Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype service will be shutting down on May 5. This comes after an intrepid person stumbled over ...

Skype's consumer service was shut down by its parent company Microsoft on Monday. Though President Donald Trump's overzealous antitrust enforcers think popular platforms with large user bases imbue ...

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft ...

After being around for what seems like forever, it's finally the end of the road for Microsoft's video conferencing and communications app Skype. On February 28, 2025, Jeff Teper, President of ...

Skype is trying to make it as easy as possible to use its video calling software and remind people that using the app isn’t complicated. The company tweeted a reminder today that users can now start a ...

Skype has for decades been a the go-to calling app for many. Well, it’s time to move on, because Microsoft is shuttering the popular app in May and moving users to Microsoft Teams. If that sounds ...

Microsoft is officially retiring Skype on May 5, bringing the curtains down on one of the most iconic video-calling platforms of the early internet era. After more than two decades of service, the ...

Microsoft is slowly nudging business customers away from Skype, and over to Teams, by shutting down Skype for Business Online. Skype for Business Online won’t go away immediately; in fact, it won’t ...

Skype is so popular that in some circles people use the name of the service as a verb. Yet most people use Skype only for making free voice calls, and for conducting occasional video chats between far ...