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

Launched in Luxembourg in 2003, Skype became the first platform to offer free computer-to-computer voice calls for anyone. Soon after, it added video calling, giving birth to an era of on-demand ...

A new icon appeared on our desktops. Blue. Minimal. Quiet. It was called Skype. Built by Estonian engineers, Skype offered something no other tool could. Voice and video calls to anyone in the world.

Skype users bade farewell to the online communication service Monday, reminiscing about late-night calls with friends, long-distance dates and free catch-ups with far-flung family — along with ...

Microsoft has shut down Skype in favor of their own Teams product. Skype first launched on August 29, 2003 and has provided a list of services that grew over the years, including video calls, ...

Skype was one of the first apps to offer VoIP calls back in 2012, and remained the app to beat for many years. However, it has now been discontinued, forcing many of you to look for a new platform.

Long before Zoom meetings, WhatsApp calls, and Google Hangouts, there was Skype - a free platform allowing people across the globe to hear and see each other with just a computer and an internet ...

After more than two decades of virtually connecting the world, Skype has officially been switched off. The once-groundbreaking video and voice call service, launched in 2003, was retired by ...

For those of us of a certain age, raised on the promise of air taxis and robot maids, the birth of Skype’s audiovisual calls in 2003 made us feel like we were finally living in the future.