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Farewell To Skype As Microsoft Pulls The Plug On Video Messaging Platform

Microsoft has pulled the plug on Skype, the well-loved video messaging platform that recently celebrated its 21st birthday. Now you will have to use Microsoft Teams.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 2h

Skype, the video calling and messaging service, officially shuts down after 22 years

Microsoft decided to shut down Skype to focus its resources on developing its Microsoft Teams app, which includes the services that Skype provided plus more.

Boise State Public Radio · 15h

It's last call for Skype as the once-popular video calling app shuts down

Microsoft has announced that the pioneering online video calling service that's been around for more than two decades will go offline on Monday.

Microsoft Shuts Down Skype

PCMag on MSN · 22h

Microsoft Shuts Down Skype, Shifts Users to Teams

"Goodbye Skype, hello Teams," the Skype website now reads. Those who still have an active subscription and Skype Credits can use the Skype Dial Pad to make calls to landlines and mobile numbers. Original Story 2/28: Farewell,

The Daily Beast on MSN · 18h

Microsoft Shuts Down Skype After 22 Years

Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on video-messaging service Skype after 22 years. For years synonymous with online video calls, the pioneering service was first launched in 2003, acquired by eBay in 2005,

Ars Technica · 21h

RIP Skype (2003–2025), survived by multiple versions of Microsoft Teams

Today is the day: Microsoft has formally shuttered the Skype app and service after announcing in February that Skype was being axed in favor of Microsoft Teams, the company's Slack competitor.

2don MSN

Microsoft to close Skype on Monday

Skype debuted in 2003 and was an early disruptor in online communications, but Microsoft says it's time to close Skype and ...

18hon MSN

The internet says goodbye to Skype, and thanks for all the calls

The decision to scrap Skype, announced in March, caps a remarkable 21-year run for a software that for many embodied the ...

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Microsoft shuts down Skype

Microsoft has officially announced the shutdown of Skype on May 5, 2025, after nearly 22 years of service. The company is now ...

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RIP Skype — you were right about almost everything

At its peak, Skype was enormous. In 2009, The New York Times reported the app had 405 million users, and accounted for 8 ...

1don MSN

Skype shuts down today: Here's what happens to your account and data

The video-calling platform, founded by a group of engineers in 2003, was purchased by Microsoft for $8.5 billion.

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