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As one of the original internet applications that reshaped our digital world through voice-calls and video, Skype’s passing is more than just the end of a service, but a curtain call for an ...

Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users ...

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 ...

Skype was among the earliest mainstream applications to leverage Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). When international calls cost a fortune, Skype offered free computer-to-computer calls and ...

Its distinctive jingle, the sound that played when you made a Skype call and waited for the other person to pick up, is a ...

Skype was founded in Luxembourg in 2003 by Niklas Zennström of Sweden and Janus Friis of Denmark. The service would add free voice and video calls, making the impossible possible over the ...

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Microsoft-owned Skype has been credited with making video calls easy and affordable for millions of people. “Skype has been an integral part of ...

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 ...