Hartley Charlton
Microsoft Skype finally ended, having concluded a 22-year stay as a once dominant service on the Internet and messaging. For 8.5 billion dollars is that then it was its largest acquisition in history. At his peak, Skype had more than 300 million active users per month, and it was a synonym for the Internet head and video calls. For many, Skype was their first experience with someone halfway around the world for free, a radical shift from the dominance of telecommunications and expensive ones. It grew to 320 million monthly users, far exceeding the remaining Skype user base. The company's decision to stop Skype is, according to the visible, is part of the wider efforts to determine the priorities of artificial intelligence functions in teams. Employees who worked on Skype will be reassigned to other projects, and not dismissed. He also served as an early test stand for linguistic translation in real time, capable of energy in real time, Microsoft function, demonstrated in a widely public demonstration in 2014. However, its frequent changes in the user interface, problems with reliability, poorly thought out social media features, a gradual shift towards the enterprise and inability to keep up with new competitors, especially during the Pandeman Covid-19, again bringing it in support of it.
Skype existing users had until May 5 to transfer their data and contacts to commands or look for alternative solutions. The legacy of Skype lives in VOIP technology, which has helped normalize – but as a product, it is a thematic study of how the brand recognition can not save the stagnant platform.
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