Windows Live Messenger users will be able to use their messenger a little longer thanks to a delay. It was reported earlier this year that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was to stop using their popular Windows-based messenger in favor of Skype, which they acquired for $8.5 billion. Skype recently posted the following on their blog explaining the delay which pushed back the transition to April 8. The transition originally was to take place on March...
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently confirmed their plans to shut down Windows Live Messenger and replace it with Skype. The official transition will take place on March 15th. Skype was originally acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion back in October 2011. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently sent a letter to all their messenger users via email. The letter said they were retiring the message service globally and merging the features of Messenger and Skype together. They also mentioned...
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) may cease the service of Windows Live Messenger (which was formerly named as MSN Messenger) in the coming months and according to TheVerge, Microsoft might be planning to integrate the service into Skype. For now, we don’t have any official confirmation from Microsoft about this. This decision makes sense as Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been in the process to slowly retire the entire Windows Live brand. It was previously reported that Microsoft...
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