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A pioneer turned relic, Skype's legacy fades as seamless, cloud-first platforms reshape modern communication norms.

Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft's shutdown of Skype on Monday sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft bought in ...

One of Skype's clever early features was its Echo/Sound Test Service, which allowed users to record their voice and play it ...

Contrary to its quick growth, Skype’s decline was long in the making. Two years after launching, Skype had about 50 million ...

After announcing in February that Skype would be discontinued, Microsoft has officially killed off the once-popular ...

Heading into the 2020s, it seemed that one company was poised to lead the world into the future when it came to video calling ...

Back in the day, when you needed to make a video call, you were most likely doing it through Skype. It was the most popular ...

Skype launched in 2003 and added video functionality to calls in 2005, a major innovation at the time. Microsoft officially discontinued its long-running communications platform Skype on Monday, ...

Now that Microsoft is shutting down the once-popular service after 22 years, many are considering the move to be the end of ...