How Microsoft messed up

CNBC has created a 15-minute video The Rise and Fall of Skype which explains how the messaging app was ruined by the software king of the world Microsoft.

Wants it to be more fun

Software King of the World Microsoft is having another crack at modernising its Skype messaging service.

As does taking top secret documents home with you

Video conferencing participants wearing specs are inadvertently revealing sensitive on-screen information via reflections.

If only there was a net neutrality law to stop this sort of thing

US telco Sprint has been throttling Microsoft’s Skype service.

Gives an attacker system level privileges

Skype has a significant security flaw that Microsoft can't fix without a major code rewrite.

Not working as of last night

Skype users in Europe, including us, are reporting massive connectivity issues with the client as of last night.

Being seen together in public and talking about marriage

Software King of the World Microsoft has apparently been seen in public with the PC supremo Lenovo and insiders have been told that they want something more serious.

Microsoft just does not seem to care any more

Microsoft is being surprisingly callous to those few users who supported its Windows Phone now that Windows 10 mobile is out. It is killing off Windows Phone support for Skype practically overnight.

Keeping the spooks out of everything

A group of former Skype technologists, backed by the co-founder of the messaging platform, come up with a new version of its own messaging service with end-to-end encryption for all conversations, including video.

Use Windows 7, 8 keys to activate 10

Microsoft has just released the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10565 and this version brings Skype integration, Cortana improvements, Edge tab improvements and most importantly Device activation improvements.