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 ...

I remember the fond times I've had chatting with people in Skype. It was the OG for many who use Discord today. You'd be able to make some groups, share some stuff, coordinate, and just use for fun.

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 ...

May 5th is the last day for Skype. Microsoft plans to remove the service from its platform, encouraging everyone to move to Microsoft Teams. The end of an incredible legacy is drawing near. I've used ...

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, which Microsoft bought in 2011 ...

Skype, the pioneering online video calling service that has been around for more than two decades, will go offline for good after Monday. Microsoft, which owns Skype, announced in February that the ...

It may be somewhat hard to remember — what with sporadically poor call performance, lots of other hardware to play around with and all those apps — that the iPhone is more-or-less primarily a tool for ...

Microsoft has brought video-calling king Skype to the new Windows 8 OS, which hits stores Friday, and it sure looks pretty. Skype on Windows 8 offers all the trappings you’d expect from the well-known ...

Update: A new version of Skype for Android has been released, fixing the security flaw. The update also adds support for free Skype to Skype calling over 3G. Earlier this week a new Skype app designed ...

Skype, the Microsoft-owned internet telephony company, has today (November 12) announced the availability of a preview version of the 'Skype for Windows Phone 8' app. Users of smartphones running the ...

I worked with a voice therapist during the pandemic, when seeing her in person was obviously not an option. We used Skype. None of the other apps she tried (Zoom and Teams at minimum, probably others) ...