Microsoft Emails Windows Live Users Encouraging Them to Upgrade to Skype
Microsoft has sent out emails to Windows Live users, urging them to “upgrade to Skype” before the sunset of Windows Live Messenger on March 15. Users are encouraged to sign…
Windows Live Messenger Through The Years: A Retrospective
Windows Live Messenger is officially being retired in favor of Skype on March 15th after more than a decade of availability. To commemorate the announcement of its sunset and the…
Microsoft: Windows Live Messenger Retiring, Users Moving to Skype on March 15
Microsoft started sending out mass emails on Tuesday to its Windows Live Messenger users, which number over 100 million, to announce the retiring of the Windows Live Messenger platform in…
How to Merge Your Windows Live Messenger Account With Skype
Microsoft is close to completely folding its Windows Live Messenger service with its VoIP Skype service it purchased last year. The company has confirmed with TruTower that it plans to…
Windows Live Messenger Out, Skype In: Two Worlds Collide
We’ve known that Microsoft was retiring Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype for quite some time now, since about September 2012. What we didn’t know was when exactly this…