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One Tech Tip: Skype shut down for good, but users still have these alternatives
Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let ...
Skype is shutting down today — these are the best alternatives
After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling service, is shutting down. Microsoft, ...
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Bytes: Week in Review - DOJ pushes Google ad tech sell off, OpenAI cancels for-profit plans and Skype shuts down
Joanna Stern, senior personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino on ...
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Skype shuts down: 7 key facts, and what users need to know
Microsoft has officially shut down Skype as of 5 May 2025, ending a service that once defined internet communication for ...
Skype is shutting down after launching in 2003
Skype is shutting down after launching in 2003 and will be replaced by a free version of Microsoft's Teams. Chris Johnston, a ...
What happened to Skype?
Contrary to its quick growth, Skype’s decline was long in the making. Two years after launching, Skype had about 50 million ...
Microsoft shuts down 22-year-old service that averaged 150 million users per month
Now that Microsoft is shutting down the once-popular service after 22 years, many are considering the move to be the end of ...
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Skype Is Shutting Down: R.I.P. To A Real One After 2 Decades
After more than 20 years of helping users around the world connect to colleagues and loved ones, Skype has officially shut ...