Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then ...

It’s relatively easy these days to find critics of Skype, the popular online calling service that Microsoft Corp. acquired in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Former devotees routinely gripe on social media ...

After over 22 years of being in service, Skype will be finally closing down on May 5, this year. Its replacement? That'll be Microsoft Teams, a much more business-oriented social app. As spotted by ...

Science fiction movies and television shows of the past often depicted characters talking to each other through video phones, an idea that seemed farfetched for many years. In today's world, Skype ...

In 2025, Microsoft made a costly $8.5 billion decision. The full story is surprising, and the details reveal a major shift in ...

As Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) bids farewell to Skype today, May 5, the move marks not just the end of an internet era but a major turning point in the company's communication strategy — and ...

Skype is one of many Internet services that allow you to connect to one or more people online and communicate with audio or video chat in real time. This type of connection "streams" your content back ...

Microsoft shut down Skype, the internet-based phone and video call service, on Monday, 14 years after the tech company bought it for $8.5 billion. Microsoft announced in February that Skype users ...

Skype saw the future of video and messaging before almost everyone. It also probably never had a chance. Skype saw the future of video and messaging before almost everyone. It also probably never ...

Skype is already used by many people for communication, but it’s set to become even more attractive in the near future as Microsoft moves to make extensive changes to the service. Instead of ...

It has been a slow transition, but Skype is finalizing its move away from a peer-to-peer system to a cloud-based one. When it was first created, the Skype network was built as a decentralized ...