Microsoft announced a major redesign of its Skype app on Thursday, helping users foster an improved social network of sorts among their best friends, while an army of helpful bots stands ready to ...

Skype, the revolutionary free video call service, is still here, although it rarely gets discussed in the world of Snap Inc. (SNAP), Instagram and Facebook Inc. (FB). Skype has somewhere close to 300 ...

Microsoft said it planned to shut down Skype in May. It paid $8.5 billion for the internet calling platform in 2011. Skype said users would be invited to switch to Microsoft Teams ahead of the ...

The 37-year-old Stockholm resident co-authored the legendary software used in the Kazaa file-sharing network. After he and his partners sold the rights to Kazaa last year, Zennström turned his ...

This isn’t the Skype you remember. Skype is getting a makeover, though it’s hard to tell whether it’s cool or just trying to look cool. Starting Thursday, the 13-year-old video conferencing and chat ...

Skype's consumer service was shut down by its parent company Microsoft on Monday. Though President Donald Trump's overzealous antitrust enforcers think popular platforms with large user bases imbue ...

Apple's FaceTime brought video chatting to iOS devices well after Skype released its mobile app for iOS. FaceTime then became available in a desktop version for Mac computers running OS X Snow Leopard ...

LONDON (AP) — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft ...

Skype is receiving a major update on all platforms. According to Microsoft, this is an “improved, faster, reliable, and super modern-looking Skype.” In a blog post, Microsoft says it’s upgrading and ...

The newest version of the Skype app takes a big hat-tip from social media platforms like Snapchat and Facebook’s Messenger with its newest features, adding a Stories-like feature called Highlights, a ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Over a decade ago, Skype was one of the big features that Microsoft ...

Niklas Zennstrom is a Swedish entrepreneur who has a net worth of $1.3 billion. Niklas Zennström is a Swedish entrepreneur and investor best known for co-founding Skype with Janus Friis. The duo sold ...