Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the ...
The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship ...
Microsoft was too busy adding emoji and trying to compete with the rise of WhatsApp, FaceTime, Snapchat, and Facebook ...
Skype was a vestige of the early-2000s tech boom and bust, and its current users will be transitioned over to free accounts ...
To encourage this transition, Microsoft will soon allow users to sign in to the free version of Teams with their Skype ...
For users, Skype will go offline on May 5, when Microsoft replaces it with a free version of Microsoft Teams. Teams has been ...
Microsoft users who still rely on Skype may soon have to find a different chat and calling service. A message inside the ...
When Microsoft tried to stretch the Skype brand into the workplace, it lost out to Slack Technologies Inc. Microsoft’s response was to start from scratch and build Teams, a chat, voice and video ...
Skype users will be able to use their existing ... demand for workplace chatting services sparked by upstart rival Slack Technologies. Slack and Teams, along with newer video platforms such ...
Microsoft (MSFT) said on Friday it is pulling the plug on its two-decade-old calling and messaging service Skype, marking the ...