It’s last call for Skype as the once-popular video calling app shuts down

A Skype logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. The video conferencing app is shutting down on Monday. David Ramos/Getty Images Europe

David Ramos/Getty Images Europe

Skype, the pioneering online video calling service that has been around for more than two decades, will go offline for good after Monday.

Microsoft, which owns Skype, announced in February that the service would be available until May 5 and urged users to switch over to the free version of Microsoft Teams, its communication platform that features the ability to

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