Windows users have all been there— the dreaded error message, otherwise known as the “Blue Screen of Death.” After 40 years, Microsoft is changing the design of the error screen, including the color.

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that it was killing off Skype, one of the first services to offer phone and video calls over the internet. Skype was a vestige of the early-2000s tech boom and bust ...

After 20 years of global video calls, Microsoft officially announced Skype’s retirement in May 2025. Launched in 2003 and widely used for international calls, especially among migrant families ...

Skype shut down for good, but users still have these alternatives Millions of users are scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service.

LONDON: Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft's shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering Internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft ...

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft ...

Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users.

‘Skype shutting down feels like my childhood just…’: Internet mourns OG video-calling service’s death Goodbye, Skype! With mainstream focus on Microsoft Teams, the tech giant has pulled ...

Launched in 2003 by Skype Technologies in Luxembourg, Skype was among the earliest mainstream applications to leverage Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

RIP Skype — you were right about almost everything Skype saw the future of video and messaging before almost everyone. It also probably never had a chance.

The decision to scrap Skype, announced in March, caps a remarkable 21-year run for a software that for many embodied the early values of the open internet.

The internet says goodbye to Skype, and thanks for all the calls After 21 years, Microsoft is hanging up on Skype. In its heyday, the calling service connected millions around the world.