bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/microsoft-msft-to-shut-down-skype-as-zoom-teams-dominate-video-calls
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- link: URL::https://archive.ph/MKlVN
- title: title::Skype to Shut 14 Years After Microsoft's $8.5 Billion Purchase
- when: when posted::February 28, 2025 2:00 PM UTC (date posted::2025/02/28)
- topics: topic::Microsoft topic::Skype topic::Slack
- summary: [[summary::«Microsoft Corp. is signaling the end of the line for Skype, the iconic internet calling and chat service it bought almost 14 years ago. [/] Once a byword for digital calls that bypassed long-distance charges, Skype was surpassed in recent years by smartphone-native communication apps and Zoom video calls. When Microsoft tried to stretch the Skype brand into the workplace, it lost out to Slack Technologies Inc. [/] Microsoft's response was to start from scratch and build Teams, a chat, voice and video communication service for the workplace, which gained ground as part of its software bundle.»]]
- source: source::Bloomberg
- author: author::Matt Day
