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Skype, a pioneer and a game-changer when it was launched in 2003, scaled quickly to reach 50 million registered users by 2005. Over the years the VoIP space has evolved into a more immersive ...

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

Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook Messenger that it had fallen short on the very basics of Skype. It had gotten to ...

FILE - This photo shows the icon for Microsoft's Skype app on a ... its flagship videoconferencing and team applications platform. Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to ...

Instead of pushing Skype, Microsoft doubled down on Teams, which now boasts around 320 million monthly active users. In contrast, Skype’s user base had shrunk to just 23 million by 2020.

Skype users will be able to use their existing accounts to log into Teams. Microsoft has for years prioritized Teams over Skype and the decision to fold the brand reflects the tech giant’s ...