In 2025, Microsoft made a costly $8.5 billion decision. The full story is surprising, and the details reveal a major shift in ...

Microsoft said late Thursday that the $8.5 billion deal announced back in May to acquire Internet phone company Skype was now complete. The news came following last week’s EU regulatory approval. A ...

Microsoft has warned users they have until January 2026 to save messages from Skype, which was officially "retired" in May, before ...

May 3 (UPI) --Skype debuted in 2003 and was an early disruptor in online communications, but Microsoft says it's time to close Skype and focus on its Teams video conferencing platform. "With teams, ...

Zoom Video Communications Inc., maker of the ubiquitous videoconferencing tool that made a global pandemic less isolating, just reported another quarter of explosive growth. While its business may not ...

Microsoft said Friday that it has closed its US$8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, the Internet telephony provider in Luxembourg, and the company will function as a new business division within ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Building a platform to do the job of 1 million analysts We have already factored in the Skype acquisition in our model for ...

Microsoft has completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype Global, giving the software company a major foothold in the growing market for Internet telephony services. "Skype is a phenomenal product ...

Microsoft’s near-instant translation tool for Skype entered preview last December, but the company’s making it widely available starting today. After a five-month testing period, the sign-up ...

The software giant says that Skype's video-chatting platform will bolster its Kinect and Windows Phone platforms. It will also "connect" Skype users with Xbox Live. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...

Microsoft announced its plans to buy the popular peer-to-peer VoIP service Skype in early 2011 and the acquisition closed last October. Since then, though, Microsoft mostly left Skype alone and ...

When the Wall Street Journal reported last night that Microsoft was going to buy Skype, the response was puzzlement. Though Skype has some value, the estimated $7 billion-8 billion valuation was ...