On May 5, 2025, Skype’s once-dominant video messaging service went dark after more than two decades – although it is still accessible for business users via Microsoft Teams.

The Skype voice over IP service and my Cheapest Destinations Blog launched the same year, in 2003, and it’s hard to believe now what a game-changer that technology was. It made formerly expensive ...

After more than two decades of connecting people across the globe, Skype has officially retired in May 2025. Microsoft, which acquired the pioneering voice and video calling service in 2011 ...

Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, 2025, after 14 years of service, transitioning users to Microsoft Teams. Users can transfer their Skype data to Teams until January 2026, though recent data ...

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype ...

Well, there goes Skype. Bye-bye, you garbage piece of software. I'm surprised you managed to hang around for as long as you did, frankly. Okay, I’m being a bit mean here; the impact of Skype on ...

Skype's consumer service was shut down by its parent company Microsoft on Monday. Though President Donald Trump's overzealous antitrust enforcers think popular platforms with large user bases ...

I’m talking about Skype, possibly the most popular video messaging service when it was launched. Developed by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, along with four Estonian developers, in 2003 ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – After a 21-year run, the once widely-used video chat app Skype is now officially a memory, as of May 5. “Rest in peace, Skype,” one person wrote on X. “You served us well.” ...