[technology taskforce] CNBC : What Happened to Skype ?

[Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google]

Besides Skype, back in the day we had Viber, Tango, Kakao and Line, and
others to choose from, but they all seem to be very localized/limited now.

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 12:45 AM Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Beats me.
>
> I have Telegram but never used it.
>
> CAS
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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
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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*
>>>>>
>>>>> *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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