{"id":248892,"date":"2025-02-28T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:43:29","slug":"skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype announces it will close in May"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skype has announced it is closing from May.<\/p>\n

The internet chat and phone service, which is owned by Microsoft, made the announcement on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It said: “Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. <\/p>\n

“Over the coming days you can sign in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account to stay connected with all your chats and contacts. <\/p>\n

“Thank you for being part of Skype.”<\/p>\n

Microsoft made no immediate comment when contacted by BBC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Skype was released in 2003 and was then bought by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5bn (\u00a36.1bn).<\/p>\n

The video calling service was once one of the most popular websites in the world, as businesses and individuals embraced video calls.<\/p>\n

As Microsoft once outlined<\/a>, Skype became integrated with the company’s other products such as Xbox and Windows devices.<\/p>\n

In December, 2010, tech industry commentator Om Malik called it one of the “key applications of the modern web”, when the website suffered a two-day global outage.<\/a><\/p>\n

So what happened?<\/p>\n

In June, 2021, speculation persisted that it was the beginning of the end for Skype<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Microsoft announced Windows 11, its new operating system, it stated that Microsoft Teams – which saw a boost in popularity during the Covid pandemic as people moved their work and personal meetings online \u2013 would be integrated by default.<\/p>\n

Skype, for the first time in years, was not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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