Tag: skype

Microsoft announced last November that they will be discontinuing their Windows Live Messenger service but no specific date was mentioned then. Last Tuesday, the company sent out an email to its subscribers detailing the upcoming discontinuation of Messenger by March 15. Users of this service are …

The news broke this morning that Redmond software company would be buying Skype, the popular video, chat and calling service. It has been purchased for $8.5 Billion, making it the largest acquisition in Microsoft s history, made possible by cash from Silver Lake led investor group. …