Skype shuts down after 22 years

One Tech Tip: Skype shut down for good, but users still have these alternatives - Sentinel Colorado

"You cannot sign up for a Google Voice number while outside the USA," according to a help page. "Do not try to circumvent this by using a VPN."

Skype is dead. Here’s why it almost wasn’t born.

Threatened by their low cost, traditional telephone companies tried to get long-distance internet phone services banned in the 1990s.

Skype's shutdown proves bigger isn't always better

The death of Microsoft's onetime powerhouse videoconferencing app carries a lesson for antitrust enforcers—if they’ll listen.

Skype is dead. And now what? The closing of Skype by Microsoft on May 5 caused millions of users to look for an alternative to the pioneer Internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft bought in 2011, was loved by an increasingly smaller group of users who appreciated that it allowed them to make cheap long distance calls, as well as communicate with other users through chat messages, voice or video calls. Some liked its simplicity and ease of …

Skype shuts down after over 20 years, Microsoft encourages move to Teams

Washington — Skype, the once-popular video call service, is ceasing operations on Monday after more than 20 years.

Skype Is Shutting Down: R.I.P. To A Real One After 2 Decades