In September 2005, eBay acquired Skype for $2.6 billion. Skype is based on a freemium model.įirst released in August 2003, Skype was created by Dane Janus Friis and Swede Niklas Zennström in cooperation with Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, who developed the backend which was also used in music-sharing application Kazaa. Much of the service is free but users require Skype Credit or a subscription to call landline or mobile numbers. Skype is available to download onto computers runningMicrosoft Windows, Mac or Linux, as well as Android, Blackberry, iOS and Windows Phone smartphones and tablets. Users can also send instant messages, exchange files and images, send video messages and create conference calls. Skype /ˈskaɪp/ is a telecommunications application software that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls from computers, tablets and mobile devices via the Internet to other devices or telephones/smartphones. Videoconferencing, VoIP andInstant messaging Windows, Mac, Linux, Android,iOS, Windows Phone,BlackBerry, Nokia X, Fire OS,Xbox One and PlayStation Vita For the company that develops it, see Skype Technologies.
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