RIP Skype: a nostalgic service that allowed us to connect - IN FOCUS: Skype was the first of its kind to allow mere mortals to make global video calls via the internet. At the time, the platform was ...

Microsoft officially shuts down Skype after 20 years of service, transitioning users to Microsoft Teams. Learn what this means for users.

The decline was partly because Skype's underlying technology was not suited for the smartphone era. Microsoft Teams launched in 2017. While Microsoft declined to share the latest user figures for ...

but also marked the beginning of Skype's decline. Skype then lost further market share to competitors such as Zoom and ...

As Microsoft shutters Skype, users reflect on two decades of connection and change. Photo / Getty Images After 22 years, the video calling platform Skype has shut down. After its inception, ...

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