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Skype

Skype

Skype

2003

01

January

Skype was founded.

2003

29

August

Skype’s first public beta version was released.

2005

29

June

Skype entered an agreement with the Polish web portal Onet.pl to have an integrated offering on the Polish market.

2005

12

September

eBay Inc. acquired Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA for US$2.5 billion in cash and eBay stock.

2009

01

September

eBay sold 65% of Skype to Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for US$1.9 billion, valuing Skype at US$2.75 billion.

2013

17

June

Skype released a free video messaging service available for Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android and BlackBerry.

2014

20

November

Microsoft Office's team announced that a new chat powered by Skype was introduced, giving tools to be able to chat with co-workers in the same document.

2016

01

October

Microsoft launched Skype for Business for Mac.

2017

02

August

Skype teamed up with PayPal to provide a new feature that allows users to transfer funds via the Skype mobile app in the middle of a conversation using PayPal.

Skype was the 6th most downloaded mobile app of the decade, from 2010 to 2019.