Last month, Microsoft started rolling out an updated version of Skype that was ultimately meant to replace Skype 7.0, or Skype classic, as it's known. The company initially said that Skype 7.0 would ...

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Microsoft is suspending its plan to end support for the desktop version of Skype 7.0, also known as classic Skype, by September, due to the backlash that it received from users. The move would have ...

Back in July, Microsoft announced that it will discontinue the Skype Classic app on September 1st but due to public backlash, the company decided to delay the demise of the app and support it beyond ...

Microsoft has officially announced that on September 1st, 2018 Skype Classic (version 7.0 ) will no longer work. The program that we have all come to love and use on a daily basis is now going to be ...

Last month, Microsoft unveiled Skype 8.0, a redesigned version of the product that would ultimately replace the Skype Classic version. Microsoft had announced a September 1 deadline for Skype users to ...

As my colleague Greg Sandoval reports, more than 3,000 RadioShack stores will begin offering the Skype Starter kit starting tomorrow. The added distribution channel is a plunge into uncharted ...

It’s fair to say that not everyone prefers the new Skype desktop experience, a rather dramatic revamp of the Skype UI that is heavily influenced by other social media platforms. And if you’re part of ...

In July, Microsoft unveiled Skype 8.0, a major redesign intended to replace Skype 7.0, which the company is now calling "Skype Classic." Microsoft planned to only give users a handful of weeks to make ...

Skype Classic is not being killed off… well, not just yet. In July, Microsoft announced Skype 8.0 was launching on the desktop, and that it would be shutting down version 7.0 (aka Skype Classic) as a ...