Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011 - a deal that, in hindsight, aged about as well as an expired milk carton.

Before smartphones ruled the world and international calls drained bank accounts, Skype, launched in 2003, was the disruptor, ...

Microsoft has officially announced the end of Skype’s era as the company shifts its focus towards Teams as its primary platform for video calling and communication. After 23 years of providing ...

Skype’s shutdown comes 14 years after Microsoft bought the service for $8.5 billion in cash, marking the company’s largest ...

Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that ...

"Skype has been an integral part of shaping modern communications and supporting countless meaningful moments, and we are ...

Microsoft’s centre of gravity in corporate software ultimately ensnared Skype, which found itself in the Office division and ...

Microsoft is set to retire Skype after nearly two decades as the firm aims to focus on the homegrown Teams platform ...

The Microsoft-owned service was a pioneer in live video calls but later lost ground to competing programs such as Zoom.

Microsoft is pivoting to support Teams instead. Microsoft 365 head Jeff Teper encouraged Skype users to migrate their Skype ...