Skype will shut down in just over two months — what you need to know

Veteran video call app Skype will apparently be fully switched off by May this year, according to a string of code in the ...
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Skype is shutting down. If you still use it, like I do, here are some alternatives

When Skype debuted in 2003, it was the first time I remember feeling that an individual app—and not just the broader internet—was radically disrupting communications. Thanks to its implementation of ...
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Microsoft is shutting down Skype after a 21-year run. Here's how it lost out to video call rivals

On Friday, Microsoft announced that the 21-year-old calling and messaging service will shut down May 5. The software company is encouraging Skype users to migrate to its free Teams app. Skype won ...
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Skype is dead. Here’s how to migrate to Teams (or pick another app)

As announced a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially discontinued the Skype messaging service as of today, May 5th. Apparently, there wasn’t enough user interest to keep the once-iconic video call ...
Ars Technica

I'm desperate: What is a Skype alternative that doesn't suck and isn't iMessage?

I was shocked to learn that Skype is shutting down in two months: I have been using it as my main chat app since it was acquired by MS and it replaced MSN/Windows/Live Messenger almost 30 years ago.
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Microsoft is shutting down Skype after a 21-year run. Here's how it lost out to video call rivals

Microsoft will retire Skype, the 21-year-old calling and messaging service, in May. Skype grew quickly in the 2000s and ended up in Microsoft's hands in 2011. But Skype lost steam in the 2010s as ...