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Microsoft officially shut down Skype after over two decades of service. Launched in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion, Skype was once a trailblazer in internet-based communication, boasting hundreds of millions of users at its peak. Michaela Muller, who stands in for Leigh-Anne Williams, and The Morning Show Team chats about their history with Skype and how it helped to establish competitors like Zoom, WhatsApp, and Microsoft’s own Teams platform.
By Good Hope FMMicrosoft officially shut down Skype after over two decades of service. Launched in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion, Skype was once a trailblazer in internet-based communication, boasting hundreds of millions of users at its peak. Michaela Muller, who stands in for Leigh-Anne Williams, and The Morning Show Team chats about their history with Skype and how it helped to establish competitors like Zoom, WhatsApp, and Microsoft’s own Teams platform.