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Microsoft shuts down Skype after 22 years of service

Rob Beschizza
May 06, 2025
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Last week, we posted on its coming demise, and today Skype—the original internet live calling service that actually worked—is kaput. Microsoft, which never quite knew what to do with its $8.5 billion acquisition after buying it in 2011, finally put it out of its misery.

Goodbye Skype, hello Teams. Skype is retiring in May 2025…

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