Microsoft is shutting down Skype, the internet-based phone and video service that was once the dominant way of staying connected in the mid 2000s. Skype will “no longer be available” to use ...

It’s last call for Skype, the internet-based phone and video platform so dominant in the mid-2000s that it became a verb. The impending shutdown was confirmed in a statement released Friday by ...

Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help ...

The Skype logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in ...

As announced last week, Microsoft is officially discontinuing the Skype messaging service on May 5, 2025. Apparently, there wasn’t enough user interest to keep the once-iconic video call app alive.

During a time when calling overseas could be an expensive endeavor, Skype simplified the use of internet calling for the masses. Television shows such as “Good Morning America” helped amplify ...

Microsoft announced on Friday it will shutter the once-popular video calling service Skype in May and encouraged users to adopt a free version of its Teams service. The service will shut down ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype, the pioneering Internet telecommunications and video call platform it bought nearly 14 years ago for $8.5 billion. "We will be retiring Skype in May 2025 to ...

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 ...

Microsoft is doing away with its once-popular video conference application Skype, the company announced Friday. "In order to streamline our free consumer communications offerings so we can more ...

FILE - This photo shows the icon for Microsoft's Skype app on a smartphone in New York, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)(Patrick Sison / AP) The tech giant said Friday it will retire ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Microsoft will shut down Skype on May 5 and move users to its Teams platform. Here's how Skype started the video call revolution.