Shut down by Microsoft, the beloved video chat app is leaving behind a very different world than the one it gave birth to.

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 ...

But I can’t pretend Skype was all sunshine and rainbows, even before the pandemic lockdowns and the rise of its chief competitor, Zoom. I remember sitting for ages waiting for a call to connect ...

LONDON — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft's shutdown of Skype on ... The videoconferencing service that’s become a byword for online company meetings offers a calling service, Zoom Phone, and ...

The following years brought in a surge of competition by the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. After the pandemic-driven boom subsided, Skype's daily ...

The world was under lockdown. This should have been the time for Skype to shine, but instead, Zoom took over, becoming the go-to communications app. It was simple to use, whereas Skype was cumbersome.

After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling ... take notes and create custom background images. Zoom is another popular web-conferencing tool.

Microsoft has officially shut down Skype as of 5 May 2025, ending a service that once defined internet communication for millions ...

Skype struggled to compete in a market now led by Zoom, Google Meet, and FaceTime. Despite some growth during the 2020 lockdowns, Skype’s user base dwindled to 36 million by 2023, while ...

Microsoft released the Teams software in March 2017, six years after acquiring Skype. Similarly to its aforementioned rival Zoom, the 2020 pandemic propelled Microsoft Teams to become one of the ...

And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis ... that Skype simply couldn’t keep up when shinier competitors, like Zoom or ...

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now ... s become a byword for online company meetings offers a calling service, Zoom Phone, and features like number porting and the ability to send and ...