skype
Microsoft to shut down Skype in 2025, shifts focus to Teams
Skype daily users dropped from 300 million in 2016 to 36 million in 2023 due to competition from apps like Zoom and WhatsApp.
Diya Lal · · 1 min read
Ex-Skype exec joins $1m round of fintech startup Jeff
Jeff is already live in Vietnam and will expand into Indonesia and the Philippines in 2021.
Doris Yu · · 2 min read
The Weekly Snapshot: News from Google, SoftBank, Wavemaker, and more
Here’s what you missed from last week’s headlines.
Nathaniel Fetalvero · · 1 min read
A smartphone brand’s 173% YOY growth and other top stories this week
A snapshot of the articles our readers enjoyed this week from a smartphone brand’s rapid rise to a budding interest in marijuana in Asia.
Betty Chum · · 2 min readUS$11 billion across over 400 deals in Asia in June
Fundraising in Asia is as robust as ever and Wavemaker raises a new US$111 million Southeast Asia fund.
Winston Zhang · · 4 min readTributes pour in for Skype founder Toivo Annus who passed away at 48
The tech community in the region remembers Annus as a fearless investor, a brother, a friend.
Doris Yu · · 4 min readWith Oriente, Skype’s co-founder wants to build financial identities for the unbanked
Over 438 million people in Southeast Asia have no access to formal financial services. Geoffrey Prentice aims to change that.
Daniel Tay · · 6 min read10 things I would like to see in the new LinkedIn
From easing recruiting, to letting users edit documents and collaborate remotely, Microsoft has the potential transform LinkedIn, as the dust settles down on the deal.
Harsimran Julka · · 3 min readHow much does India love messaging apps? Not as much as you’d think.
Whatsapp is the exception.
Kylee McIntyre · · 2 min readMeucci gets funding for Skype challenger that even works on 2G
Rope your friends and family in for free group voice calls through this new app.
Osman Husain · · 2 min read