End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal
Microsoft confirmed Friday that it is officially retiring Skype in May and consolidating its consumer communication offerings into Microsoft Teams.
With 5,700 Movie Screens Shut Down and the Box Office in a Slump, Theaters Are Still Waiting for a Post-Pandemic Comeback
For more than a century, B&B Theatres has brought movies — from “Casablanca” and “Psycho” to “The Dark Knight” and “Barbie” — ...
The New York Times12d
Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat
There was a moment, for instance, when I was 8 years old and we were driving home ... Zionist bakeries and rocks thrown through their windows. People who wore yarmulkes or Jewish stars being ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper26d
Microsoft To Shut Down Skype In May
Skype’s shutdown came 14 years after Microsoft bought the service for $8.5 billion in cash ... and its ill-fated mobile operating service Windows Phone. “Skype has been an integral part ...
Bleeping Computer28d
Microsoft confirms it's killing off Skype in May, after 14 years
With Skype's shutdown, Microsoft will stop ... acquired the telecommunications app in May 2011 for $8.5 billion and used it to replace its Windows Live Messenger platform. As the company revealed ...
IGN27d
End of an Era: Microsoft to Shut Down Skype in May and Replace It With Free Version of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft has confirmed plans to shut down Skype in May and replace it with ... the likes of Skype to the history books. More like this Windows 11: Microsoft Introduces Gamepad Keyboard Layout ...
Variety1d
With 5,700 Movie Screens Shut Down and the Box Office in a Slump, Theaters Are Still Waiting for a Post-Pandemic Comeback
Ticket sales in 2024 fell to $8.7 billion, a 23.5% drop from pre-pandemic ... Aron, whose chain was among the first to negotiate shorter windows, now wants to relitigate their length so that ...
Orange County Register27d
Skype to shut down 14 years after Microsoft’s $8.5 billion purchase
The then-Microsoft boss made an uncharacteristically splashy bet on the market leader in online calls, paying $8.5 billion ... sell to corporate clients. The Windows maker is shuttering Skype ...
Arab Times27d
Microsoft to shut down Skype after two decades
NEW YORK, March 1: Microsoft has announced the shutdown of Skype, the internet-based phone and ... This decision marks the end of an era for Skype, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 ...
The Punch Newspapers28d
Microsoft to shut down Skype after 21 years
The shutdown comes 14 years after Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion—its largest cash ... including Office and the now-defunct Windows Phone platform. However, despite a brief resurgence ...
CNN6d
Several flights take off from Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos
Flights depart from Heathrow: Several flights have now taken off from London’s Heathrow Airport after it was completely shut down following ... advised to close their windows due to the smoke.” ...