{"id":17927,"date":"2025-02-28T17:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype-after-over-two-decades\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:37:44","slug":"microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype-after-over-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype-after-over-two-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/skype\">Skype<\/a> will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.<\/p>\n<p>Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the office software giant said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/feb\/28\/microsoft-skype\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/056653473cc84596a0ca6f8af822555a8a441b8f\/0_175_5000_3001\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=807737b57e9d35f2d40cbbec1f7d2525\" title=\"Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades\" \/>Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams<br \/>\nSkype will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.<br \/>\nShutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the office software giant said on Friday. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on Teams Skype will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/microsoft-is-shutting-down-skype-after-over-two-decades\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}