Skype Will Shut Down on May 5, As Microsoft Shifts to Teams
TechRepublic
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Microsoft 365 head Jeff Teper encouraged Skype users to migrate their Skype contacts to Teams. Microsoft is pivoting to support Teams instead.
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Skype now has Microsoft Teams’ fun Together Mode
The Verge
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Skype’s new Together Mode option featuring Verge staff. Microsoft is bringing one of its best Teams video calling features over to Skype this week. Together Mode, which uses AI to segment your face and shoulders and place you together with other people in a virtual space, is now available in Skype. GIF: Microsoft.
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New to TechSoup: Skype Credit and Subscriptions
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Eligible organizations can now request donations of credit vouchers or subscriptions for Microsoft's Skype. For those unfamiliar with Skype, it provides voice calling, video calling, instant messaging, and more, allowing users to communicate with other Skype users and with mobile phones and landlines. Learn more about Skype.
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Microsoft removes ads from Skype to improve user experience and compete with rivals
TechSpot
AUGUST 1, 2024
Skype's latest update is now ad-free for users in the Insider program, affecting both the main chat interface and channels. Read Entire Article
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Microsoft is not giving up on Skype, announces several new features and design changes for the app
TechSpot
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Skype is getting yet another revamp as part of Microsoft’s efforts to modernize the app. Chief among them is the updated call stage feature, which is getting Zoom-like layouts for arranging participants in small/large grid, speaker view, alongside the recently added Together mode. The interface will also let users disable.
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Skype is getting another redesign with new themes and features
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
The software maker is teasing plans for an “improved, faster, reliable, and super modern-looking Skype.” Microsoft says it has been listening to feedback and, over the next few months, will start rolling out changes to modernize Skype. The most important part of Skype, what Microsoft calls the call stage, is getting the most attention.
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Microsoft to shut down Skype in May amid shrinking user base
TechSpot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
According to a hidden string found in the latest preview of Skype for Windows, Microsoft will sunset the software later this year. To let users know about the impending shutdown, the app is adding a dialog box telling users that Skype will no longer be available from May 2025. Instead, Read Entire Article
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Skype for iOS now lets you hide messy rooms with background blur
The Verge
JULY 17, 2020
Microsoft is adding a background blur feature to its Skype for iOS app. Microsoft also added this automatic background blurring to Skype’s desktop app last year. Microsoft is also pivoting its Teams communications app to serve groups of friends and family , but still plans to support and update Skype.
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Microsoft didn’t kill Skype, but Windows 11 is shoving it out of sight
The Verge
JUNE 24, 2021
Today’s Windows 11 news is all about where Microsoft sees computing going over the next few years, but it’s just as much the story of how Skype has flourished and ebbed since its $8.5 Skype is no longer an inbox app for new devices that run Windows 11.”. The Skype app is available to download through the Microsoft Store for free.”.
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How to record a Skype call
Digital Trends
JULY 27, 2020
Rather than struggle with Skype's recording functions, try our favorite solutions with detailed instructions.
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Skype users in the US can now make 911 calls from their computers
The Verge
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Skype announced this week that its US users can use it to dial 911 from their home computer, and that its software can share their location with emergency services if needed. The US is the latest addition to the list of regions with Skype emergency service calling; until now it was only available in Australia, Denmark, Finland, and the UK.
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Latest Skype vulnerability can reveal your IP address, but Microsoft doesn't think it's that bad
TechSpot
AUGUST 29, 2023
As reported by 404 Media, the latest Skype vulnerability was discovered by independent security researcher Yossi, who says he shared his findings with Microsoft earlier this month. However, the company did not take the issue seriously at first, and said that it did not require immediate attention. Thankfully, better sense.
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How to hide your clutter using Zoom, Skype, Teams, or Jitsi
The Verge
AUGUST 18, 2020
Here is how to hide your clutter when you’re videoconferencing, using three well-known apps for consumer and business meetings — Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams — and a lesser-known but often mentioned open-source app, Jitsi Meet. Skype offers both a blur feature and virtual backgrounds.
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How to stop Skype from starting automatically
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 9, 2020
As a Windows staple application, Skype starts up automatically when you log into Windows 10. If that's annoying, here's how to quickly disable the startup.
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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech
TechImpact
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. Microsoft’s Skype is now used for more than refugee aid workers. Industry News Leadership Tech computers microsoft mobile nonprofit technology refurbished Skype' Image courtesy of SustaiNet Software.
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New to TechSoup: Skype Credit
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
Eligible organizations in the United States and United Kingdom can now request donations of $20 credit vouchers for Microsoft's Skype. For those unfamiliar with Skype, it provides voice calling, video calling, instant messaging, and more, allowing users to communicate with other Skype users and with mobile phones and landlines.
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How quitting email helped my company communicate better
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
Everyone has his or her collection of points where other people can touch them — email, Facebook, Twitter, Skype – the list goes on. Max Nalsky is the founder and CEO of Pyrus, the workplace communication platform. We operate in a world of inboxes. We can’t get rid of these various means of interaction, and we can’t even choose just one.
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Microsoft Teams now available for personal use as Microsoft targets friends and families
The Verge
JUNE 22, 2020
Microsoft’s repositioning of Teams for personal use means that it’s not trying to directly replace Skype just yet either. We’re still fully committed to Skype,” explains Ben-Zur. For folks that just want a very purpose-built app, Skype is a great solution, and we support it and encourage it.”.
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Why the future of work is already here
The Next Web
JULY 14, 2014
I’m also instant messaging a co-worker in New York City, about to get on a Skype call with our Community Manager in the Netherlands, and sending an email to our development team in Paris. This post originally appeared on the Sketchfab blog. It’s a beautiful afternoon as I write this post at the Dineen coffee shop in Toronto.
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Niklas Zennström on Atomico’s investment strategy and Europe’s evolving startup ecosystem [Video]
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
A few weeks ago at the Dublin Web Summit, we caught up with Niklas Zennström , easily one of Europe’s most accomplished entrepreneurs with companies like Skype, KaZaa and Joost under his belt. Niklas also talks about how the European startup scene has changed, in his view, since he co-founded Skype with Janus Friis back in 2002.
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A step-by-step guide to launching a product (for complete newbies)
The Next Web
OCTOBER 11, 2014
After Skyping with some college students, I wanted to share my process for launching a product or creative campaign. Jason SurfrApp is the founder of IWearYourShirt and author of Creativity For Sale.
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Microsoft Teams takes on Zoom with free all-day video calling on the web
The Verge
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Microsoft had been trying to push Skype Meet Now for this previously, but everyone has mostly forgotten Skype exists. Zoom has its own 40-minute limit, which the company is lifting temporarily for Thanksgiving , and other competitors like Google Meet (60-minute limit) and Cisco Webex (50-minute limit) also have similar restrictions.
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The best time to launch your startup is now
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 3, 2018
If you look at the giant companies of today like Twitter, Facebook, Skype, and Airbnb, one of the things they have in common is that they were all started when the economy was neutral, down or in a recession. Although the present situation looks positive and hopeful, it’s going to take quite some time to catch up to the previous rate.
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Microsoft won’t say if its products were exploited by spyware zero-days
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Microsoft has released patches to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular open source libraries that affect several Microsoft products, including Skype, Teams and its Edge browser. But Microsoft won’t say if those zero-days were exploited to target its products, or if the company knows either way.
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10 top tools for business brainstorming and collaboration
The Next Web
JULY 14, 2012
It’s a super simple screen-sharing tool that I’ve been using recently, ever since I realized that Skype screen-sharing is terrible, especially when you’re working with someone on the other side of the country. Work and Play With Skype. .” - John Hall , Digital Talent Agents. All the Way!
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The best webcams for 2025
Engadget
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Not to mention most video conferencing services like Zoom, Google Meet and Skype dont even support 4K video. However, if your primary concern is better picture quality during video calls, 1080p is the way to go. Some webcams can shoot in 4K, but thats overkill for most people.
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12 pieces of software that will improve your meetings
The Next Web
OCTOBER 31, 2013
Skype is my go-to app for meetings. It also gives my staff a sense of unity regarding teamwork because with Skype, we realize we are interacting with real people and not merely with a voice on a conference call. John Meyer , Lemon. Jay Wu , A Forever Recovery. .
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Spotify’s leaning hard into video podcasts. Here’s how creators are adapting
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 7, 2025
Fifty episodes in, Williamson started recording his Skype interviews. Yet Modern Wisdom wasnt always a cinematic experience. In its early days, the show was audio-only, with a basic equalizer graphic on YouTube. A hundred episodes later, he upgraded to professional-quality video.
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Microsoft starts testing Edge Chromium browser on Xbox
The Verge
MARCH 7, 2021
It should also improve compatibility with browser-based games, and services like Skype or Discord through the web. Edge will also now provide access to Google’s Stadia streaming service, thanks to the improved compatibility support with Chromium.
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New to TechSoup: Skype Credit
Tech Soup
JANUARY 9, 2015
Eligible organizations in the United States and United Kingdom can now request donations of $20 credit vouchers for Microsoft's Skype. For those unfamiliar with Skype, it provides voice calling, video calling, instant messaging, and more, allowing users to communicate with other Skype users and with mobile phones and landlines.
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Microsoft Teams launches for friends and family with free all-day video calling
The Verge
MAY 17, 2021
Skype got this same feature back in December. Speaking of Skype, Microsoft hasn’t announced any plans to replace Skype with Microsoft Teams on the consumer side yet.
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Great reads from around the web on October 14th
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 14, 2010
" Facebook And Skype Officially Announce New Integration – "Today Facebook and Skype officially announced a new partnership which includes the complete integration of the Facebook newsfeed into Skype as well as the phonebook which lists all of a Skype user’s Facebook friends.
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Tips for Remote Presenting
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2010
In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger. Tags: Conferences Tips Training Design ffog remote presentation skype twitter video. It is also helpful to have a back channel for communications with the moderator.
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97 60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 3, 2012
Skype Premium :: skype.com/intl/en-us/prices/premium. Skype Premium is an easy-to-use, affordable tool that allows nonprofits to host group video calls and group meetings via screen sharing for a low annual fee of $53.94. Screenr is a free, web-based screen recorder that makes it easy for nonprofits to record and share screencasts.
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Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 22, 2012
The government blocks certain sites, including access to any group organizing features on social sites (shared photo pools for example), skype out, and tools like VPNs that can help you get around government censors. Eventually, I was able to install a VPN and get to the sites I wanted to use.
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