[technology taskforce] CNBC : What Happened to Skype ?

[Carlton Samuels]

Beats me.

I have Telegram but never used it.

CAS

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*Carlton A Samuels*

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On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 14:11, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <
tracyhackshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> QUESTION: Can Telegram, Signal or any other similar app call landline
> phone numbers anywhere cheaply from anywhere in the world WITHOUT first
> requiring a phone number (like Google Voice)?
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023, 7:50 pm Glenn McKnight, <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Shifted to Signal
>> G
>> Glenn McKnight, MA
>> Virtual School of Internet Governance
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>>
>>
>> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 13:36, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google via ttf <
>> ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I've done more than a few Skype calls (voice primarily) recently to TT
>>> businesses who refuse to use WhatsApp or similar. Flawless and still quite
>>> inexpensive.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023, 7:08 pm Carlton Samuels via ttf, <
>>> ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ..as the world turns eh.
>>>>
>>>> I still love the Skype sound but hardly use it now. Cannibalization of
>>>> the user base by competing Teams by MS plus the tenuous link to
>>>> complementary goods in the MS world is the writing on the wall.
>>>>
>>>> CAS
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>>>> *Carlton A Samuels*
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>>>> *Mobile: 876-818-1799Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment &
>>>> Turnaround*
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>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 at 10:22, Dev Anand Teelucksingh via ttf <
>>>> ttf at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At its height, Skype – a telecommunications app founded by
>>>>> Scandinavian entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, and Estonian
>>>>> engineers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, Jaan Tallinn and Toivo Annus – had
>>>>> 560 million registered users. In 2005, just two years after its launch, the
>>>>> app was acquired by eBay. Later, a majority stake was sold to private
>>>>> equity firm Silver Lake. Microsoft then acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5
>>>>> billion. While it was revolutionary in its time, Skype’s journey has been
>>>>> full of ups and downs. Now that Microsoft has rival Teams, the future of
>>>>> Skype is uncertain. CNBC explores the company’s past, present and what’s
>>>>> next for the company.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc5MNTKLnns
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