Better products like Teams and Zoom have usurped the innovations of the videoconferencing pioneer
Published: Feb. 28, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET
Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that it was killing off Skype, one of the first services to offer phone and video calls over the internet.
Skype was a vestige of the early-2000s tech boom and bust, and its current users will be transitioned over to free accounts on Microsoft Teams — the company’s preferred videoconferencing and workplace-communications tool, and a big rival to Salesforce Inc.’s CRM Slack. Skype officially will be retired in May.
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