{"id":3199,"date":"2025-02-28T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:22:32","slug":"skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype announces it will close in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skype announces it will close in May<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-0 haItSe\">\n<div class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-1 cjDa-dM\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-28T15:07:47.548Z\" class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-2 jViTsK\">15 minutes ago<\/time><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors\" class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-12 fcCDwR\">\n<div class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-5 evAEAB\">\n<div><span class=\"sc-b42e7a8f-7 kItaYD\">Graham Fraser<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Technology Reporter<!-- --><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/uompP2.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9fd5\/live\/cfb9db20-f5e3-11ef-a452-97c9e2e951dd.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Skype logo\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 hesJxn\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\" readability=\"19.759090909091\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Skype has announced it is closing from May.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">The internet chat and phone service, which is owned by Microsoft, <!-- -->made the announcement on X<!-- -->.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">It said: &#8220;Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;Over the coming days you can sign in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account to stay connected with all your chats and contacts. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">&#8220;Thank you for being part of Skype.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fezwLZ\">Microsoft made no immediate comment when contacted by BBC News.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:07:47 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype announces it will close in May 15 minutes ago Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Skype has announced it is closing from May. The internet chat and phone service, which is owned by Microsoft, made the announcement on X. It said: &#8220;Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. &#8220;Over the coming days&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/skype-announces-it-will-close-in-may\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skype announces it will close in May<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}