From the beginning of time, communication has been one of the most important cornerstones in our evolution as a species. And ...

We’ve all been there, standing by a window or waving our phones in the air, hoping a bar or two of mobile phone signal will appear. For many, Wi-Fi calling seems like the perfect solution, if your ...

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then ...

This week’s announcement that AOL will be discontinuing its dial-up internet access service on September 30 triggered a bout of nostalgia in me—an internet dinosaur who first dialed up to ARPANET in ...

Internet calling, messaging and social-media use dominated online activity in early 2025, according to new data from the statistical service that shows near-universal weekly internet use and broad ...

Skype will ring for the last time on May 5 as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders. Shutting down Skype will help ...

Sometimes web-based services and sites get sold for eye-catching amounts of money. But Microsoft's proposal to buy Skype for $8.5 billion - yes, that's a "b" - caught even the most jaded techies ...