Skype co-founder Ahti Heinla explains why he does not regret selling Skype just two years after co-founding it, and how he's ...

Skype is among the world’s most long-lasting digital brands. But other mobile apps took off faster, and Skype didn’t see the Covid bump that Zoom did.

After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling service, is shutting down. Microsoft, ...

Microsoft confirmed Friday that it is officially retiring Skype in May and consolidating its consumer communication offerings into Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft has announced its videoconferencing application - which launched in August 2003 - will retire on Monday, May 5, ...

The decline was partly because Skype's underlying technology was not suited for the smartphone era. When the pandemic and work-from-home fueled the need for online business calls, Microsoft batted for ...

The digital world is saying goodbye to one of its pioneers. Microsoft’s retirement of Skype marks the end of an era for online communications. Once the dominant platform for video and voice ...

Even after the platform shuts down in May, the Skype Dial Pad will be available to paid users within Teams. Eli Tan is a reporter covering the technology industry and a member of the 2024-25 Times ...

By the time eBay announced a plan to buy Skype Technologies SA for $2.6 billion in 2005, the user count had reached 54 million, and Skype was anticipating $60 million in annual revenue ...