Starting March 15, Messenger users will no longer be able to sign in on desktop clients and will have to upgrade to Skype. Between now and then Messenger users will be able to sign into Skype using a ...

In a week, on April 8, Microsoft is set to begin moving the tens of millions of users still on its desktop version of its Windows Live Messenger instant-messaging service to Skype IM. Microsoft will ...

Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users’ Messenger contacts. With the exception of mainland China, ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Microsoft will be killing off its Windows Live Messenger chat service on March 15, transitioning its more than 100 million users to Skype. The company announced its plans to ...

Microsoft indicated this week that its Windows Live Messenger service will be permanently shuttered on March 15. The company is replacing Windows Live instant messenger with Skype, and suggests that ...

NEW YORK -- Microsoft is scrapping its instant-messaging program and forcing most users to switch to Skype. Maintaining Windows Live Messenger made less sense after Microsoft Corp. bought Skype for $8 ...

Microsoft has today rolled out a new update to its Skype iOS application, enabling users to now easily merge their Skype and Microsoft Windows Live Messenger accounts. Recently, Microsoft announced ...

Microsoft announced Tuesday it was retiring its online chat service Windows Live Messenger in early 2013 and would be immediately combining Windows Messenger with Skype, allowing WM users to sign into ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the Skype video call and messaging service will be shut down in May, 14 years after replacing the Windows Live Messenger. A reader contacted BleepingComputer, and shared ...

Microsoft is giving its popular Messenger service the chop, in an effort to move everyone onto video-calling service Skype. Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures ...

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