You’ll no longer see ads appearing inside Skype chats or channels. You’ll no longer see ads appearing inside Skype chats or channels. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Update: A new version of Skype for Android has been released, fixing the security flaw. The update also adds support for free Skype to Skype calling over 3G. Earlier this week a new Skype app designed ...

On Friday, Microsoft announced that the 21-year-old calling and messaging service will shut down May 5. The software company is encouraging Skype users to migrate to its free Teams app. Skype won ...

Microsoft will retire Skype, the 21-year-old calling and messaging service, in May. Skype grew quickly in the 2000s and ended up in Microsoft's hands in 2011. But Skype lost steam in the 2010s as ...

It may be somewhat hard to remember — what with sporadically poor call performance, lots of other hardware to play around with and all those apps — that the iPhone is more-or-less primarily a tool for ...

After a 21-year run, the once widely-used video chat app Skype is now officially a memory, as of May 5.

Microsoft has brought video-calling king Skype to the new Windows 8 OS, which hits stores Friday, and it sure looks pretty. Skype on Windows 8 offers all the trappings you’d expect from the well-known ...

Screen sharing can be useful for all kinds of things. Skype is bringing screen sharing to its official mobile apps for Android and iOS. The feature is now being tested in the latest beta build if the ...

Once the go-to app for video chats, Skype seemed to go off the boil somewhere along the way and these days faces tough competition from a mountain of messaging apps that now incorporate their own ...

When deciding between Skype and WhatsApp for video calling, it's crucial to understand the unique strengths and weaknesses of each platform. Both apps serve the same purpose but cater to different ...