Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a ...
Before Zoom, before FaceTime, and before video-calling became a default feature of today’s messaging apps — there was Skype. Microsoft paid $8.5 billion in 2011 to acquire what was once a dominant ...
Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it will shut down Skype on May 5. Skype has experienced a steep drop in user count, from 405 million users in 2008 to 36 million in 2023. Skype, the once-popular ...
WASHINGTON — After over two decades of providing web calls, Skype is shutting down on May 5. Microsoft made the announcement Friday in a press release and on the official Skype X account. “Starting in ...