But Skype's user base has dwindled in recent years, as the app has faced growing competition from video calling and messaging alternatives such as Zoom, WhatsApp and Slack.

It was the go-to tool for long-distance calls, awkward group meetings, and that one time you accidentally video-called your boss instead of messaging them. But by 2020, Skype got hit hard.

The new Skype iOS app is more flexible solution for video chatting than Apple’s own FaceTime, which is built into the OS. Skype users are able to make video calls to other users of the service ...

Skype can be an incredibly useful app for communicating with friends, family, and colleagues with its voice and video call functionality. Skype video not working properly, though, is a common ...

Three months after unveiling an all-new Linux app, Skype has finally announced that it’s adding video-calling to the mix too.. Though the Microsoft-owned communications service has existed on ...

Skype, the pioneering online video calling service that has been around for more than two decades, will go offline for good after Monday. Microsoft, which owns Skype, announced in February that ...

Skype, founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, began as a service offering phone calls over the internet. Later, it also let users video call each other and send private messages ...

In 2005, eBay purchased Skype for $2.6 billion. eBay then sold its controlling interest to a group of investors in 2009, who in turn sold the video calling service to Microsoft.

In 2005, eBay purchased Skype for $2.6 billion. eBay then sold its controlling interest to a group of investors in 2009, who in turn sold the video calling service to Microsoft.

Microsoft has announced that the pioneering online video calling service that's been around for more than two decades will go offline on Monday. Skype, the pioneering online video calling service ...