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Microsoft Will Shut Down Skype This Year and Wants You to Use MS Teams Instead

After nearly a quarter of a century, Skype is finally closing down, with Microsoft pointing its users to Microsoft Teams ...
SlashGear

Skype For Desktop Redesigned With New Social Features And Cloud Support

Beginning today, Skype is going to look a lot different, at least on desktop. For some time now, the team behind Skype has had a new desktop app available in preview, but now it's ready to roll that ...
CNET

Skype adds new features to business-oriented service

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and ...
Marketing Dive

Skype adds chat, messaging features in major mobile revamp

Microsoft has a history of adopting new technologies and incorporating them into its desktop system. With the latest version of Skype, the company underscores the growing importance of mobile-first ...
Android

Skype Reveals New Features Coming With Future Updates

Skype is revealing a handful of new features coming to the platform with future updates. The Microsoft-owned chat client offers an excellent preview of what’s to come in a blog post (via). Video calls ...
Redmond Magazine

New Skype for Business Features Released for Office 365 Subscribers

Microsoft today announced that some Skype for Business features, as enabled via Office 365 services, are now commercially available. The four features that reached "availability" status are PSTN ...
CNET

Skype to tout enterprise features

Skype on Thursday plans to tout the control functionality for businesses built into the latest release of its popular Internet telephony software, CNET News.com has learned. The company in a news ...
Android

Skype To Bring Back Active Contact Status, Adding New Features

This week Skype announced a number of new features and fixes which will become available to Skype users on Android. Some of the fixes are already rolling out, while others are in the pipeline and are ...
Wired

Skype for Mac 2.8 Adds Screen Sharing, Other Mac-only Features

Skype has announced a new version of Skype for Mac, the company’s voice over IP solution for Mac OS X. The latest version will add some new Mac-only features like screen sharing, per-minute calls via ...
9to5Mac

Skype removes its Snapchat-like ‘Highlights’ feature amid focus on ‘simplicity’

Just over a year ago, Microsoft updated its Skype app for iOS with a new ‘Highlights’ feature that was a clear copy of Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Now, in a push towards ‘simplicity and ...
ZDNet

Skype adds new features to business-oriented service

Skype has expanded its Skype For Business package to include features for improved central management and IT administration, as well as optional add-ons, the company announced Thursday. The eBay-owned ...