Microsoft is shutting down Skype after a 21-year run. Here's how it lost out to video call rivals

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kelly Harris of San Jose, leans over to kiss the web cam as she says her goodbye to Brian Johnson, her brother stationed in Japan, at the end of their video phone call via Skype in San Jose, Calif. on Nov. 25, 2009. Lea Suzuki | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Skype is logging off. 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 attention in the 2000s for giving people a way to talk without paying the phone company, but stumbled in the mobile era and didn't enjoy a major resurgence during the pandemic. Some people have forgotten that it's still available, given the many other options for chatting and calling. "We've learned a lot from Skype over the years that we've put into Teams as we've evolved teams over the last seven to eight years," Jeff ... Read full article.