Skype shutdown: Microsoft's billion-dollar bet fails to keep paceThe move reflects changing user preferences and competition from other platforms. Skype’s technology, designed for desktops, struggled in t...
04 May, 2025, 05.08 PM IST
Skype to go offline on May 5; Microsoft urges transition to TeamsMicrosoft will shut down Skype on May 5, 2025, ending its two-decade run as a pioneer in video calling. Users are being directed to Microso...
04 May, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
Skype to now allow users to be in the same virtual place as their friends, familyThe latest update will also include a grid mode feature that lets users see all webcam streams at the same time.
26 Dec, 2020, 07.59 PM IST
Nadella lays out vision to democratise tech in IndiaNadella also announced several new solutions designed by Microsoft with this purpose. They are solutions for India, and points to a company...
23 Feb, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
Microsoft keeps India on the highest cloudSkype Lite, a lighter version of the video and voice calling software, has been especially designed for use in India's patchy telecom netwo...
22 Feb, 2017, 08.07 PM IST
Skype will not run on these Android and Windows smartphonesTo run the latest version of Skype for Android (Skype 6.2 and higher), users will need to have Android OS version 4.0.3 or above.
23 Jul, 2016, 01.08 PM IST
With Skype, technology to be India’s link language?As of now, the software will allow real-time conversations between spoken English and Spanish. Soon, it will reportedly extend its faciliti...
18 Dec, 2014, 09.10 AM IST
Skype translator to help people talk in different languages"Skype Translator" through its innovative technology would facilitate video conferencing between two people speaking in different languages.
16 Jul, 2014, 10.47 PM IST
Skype to get 'real-time' translator by year endSkype Translator, the result of years of research at Microsoft, first will be available as a Windows 8 beta app before the end of 2014.
29 May, 2014, 01.29 PM IST
Spam hits Indian users of SkypeA "malicious spam" has hit the internet-based audio-video communicator 'Skype' in the Indian cyberspace and anti-hacking sleuths have asked...
30 Oct, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- Microsoft to acquire Skype for USD 8.5 bn
The deal will be a shot in the arm for Microsoft in competing with rivals like Google, Apple apart from strengthening its footprint in cons...
10 May, 2011, 07.06 PM IST
- Facebook, Skype in talks over video calling
Facebook Inc, the world's biggest social-networking company, is holding talks with Skype Technologies SA about offering Web video calls to ...
05 Mar, 2011, 01.57 PM IST
- Skype appoints Cisco's Tony Bates as new CEO
Internet telephone provider Skype has appointed a top executive at Cisco, Tony Bates, as its new Chief Executive Officer.
05 Oct, 2010, 04.52 PM IST
- Skype eyes US business customers, Facebook
Skype announced an agreement Wednesday with corporate telephone provider Avaya to bring the Internet communications service to US business ...
30 Sep, 2010, 09.23 AM IST
- Mobile video calls the next frontier: Skype head
Making video calls from a mobile phone to TV sets or computers will be the next frontier for the telecoms industry, the head of Skype said ...
15 Jun, 2010, 01.42 PM IST
- eBay settles Skype software suit
E-commerce giant eBay has settled its long-running legal feud with the founders of Skype, clearing the way for a $2-billion sale of the int...
07 Nov, 2009, 06.09 AM IST
- Sony, Skype to bring Internet phone to PSP: Report
Users of Sony's PlayStation Portable game console can soon make free Skype Internet phone calls under a deal struck between the two compani...
05 Jan, 2008, 09.26 AM IST