Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook ...

To encourage this transition, Microsoft will soon allow users to sign in to the free version of Teams with their Skype ...

The tech giant said it will shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its videoconferencing and team applications ...

After more than 20 years, the video calling service that started it all is finally retiring in May as Microsoft plans to replace Skype with Teams once and for all.

Skype users would be able to use their existing accounts to ... an attempt to catch up to the growing demand for workplace chatting services sparked by upstart rival Slack Technologies. Slack and ...

Microsoft has announced the permanent shutdown of Skype, marking the end of an era for the pioneering app. The company will ...

Here are the seven best Skype alternatives we’d bet on—Google Meet, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral Discord, Zoom and WhatsApp, each tailored to HR’s remote reality. Why teams? Skype ...

Jeff Teper, president of collaborative apps and platforms at Microsoft, confirmed that Skype will come to an end in May 2025. He said the decision is intended to streamline Microsoft’s free ...

While Skype helped revolutionise how people communicate online, the platform later faced increasing competition from the likes of Teams, Zoom, Slack, and Google Meet as remote work boomed during the ...

and the pandemic saw users shift to the likes of Zoom and Slack (and Microsoft focussed more on its Teams). Later, in 2021, the tech behemoth pulled the plug on Skype for Business, signaling the ...

But the platform has struggled to keep up with easier-to-use and more reliable rivals such as Zoom and Salesforce's Slack in recent years. The decline was partly because Skype's underlying technology ...