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| 2015 || ~ August 11 || Product || Microsoft begins private beta of Skype for Business apps for {{w|iOS}} and [[w:Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=LOPEZ|first1=NAPIER|title=Skype for Business preview is hitting Android and iOS|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/08/11/skype-for-business-preview-is-hitting-android-and-ios/|website=thenextweb.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft begins private beta of Skype for Business apps for iOS, Android|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2969305/mobile-apps/microsoft-begins-private-beta-of-skype-for-business-apps-for-ios-android.html|website=computerworld.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft announces preview of new Skype for Business iOS app with simplified UI & better navigation|url=https://9to5mac.com/2015/08/12/skype-for-business-preview/|website=9to5mac.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skype for Business is coming to your mobile device|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/08/12/skype-for-business-is-coming-to-your-mobile-device/|website=engadget.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> | | 2015 || ~ August 11 || Product || Microsoft begins private beta of Skype for Business apps for {{w|iOS}} and [[w:Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=LOPEZ|first1=NAPIER|title=Skype for Business preview is hitting Android and iOS|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/08/11/skype-for-business-preview-is-hitting-android-and-ios/|website=thenextweb.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft begins private beta of Skype for Business apps for iOS, Android|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2969305/mobile-apps/microsoft-begins-private-beta-of-skype-for-business-apps-for-ios-android.html|website=computerworld.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft announces preview of new Skype for Business iOS app with simplified UI & better navigation|url=https://9to5mac.com/2015/08/12/skype-for-business-preview/|website=9to5mac.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skype for Business is coming to your mobile device|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/08/12/skype-for-business-is-coming-to-your-mobile-device/|website=engadget.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> | ||
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+ | | 2015 || September || Update || Skype introduces its "mojis", a series of little video clips that can be inserted into the user's chats.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bohn|first1=Dieter|title=Skype lets you add Muppet videos to your chats with 'Moji'|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/15/9330237/skype-moji-muppets-emoji-chat|website=theverge.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilhelm|first1=Alex|title=Skype Introduces Its Own Version Of Emojis|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/15/skype-introduces-its-own-version-of-emojis/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skype Introduces Mojis for Sharing TV and Film Clips in Conversations|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/skype-introduces-mojis-for-sharing-tv-and-film-clips-in-conversations/|website=adweek.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skype Unveils Mojis, Movie-Based Gif Images With Credits|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/skype-unveils-mojis-movie-based-gifs-images-with-credits-740550|website=gadgets.ndtv.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| 2015 || ~ October 29 || Integration || Microsoft announces its plans to extend the social features of [[w:Microsoft Office|Office]] by integrating Skype into Office Online, allowing users to communicate by voice and video chat within [[w:Microsoft Word|Word]], [[w:Microsoft Excel|Excel]], {{w|PowerPoint}} and OneNote Online documents, as well as in Outlook.com.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=Microsoft Integrates Skype With Office Online, Rolls Out An Office Chrome Extension|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/microsoft-integrates-skype-with-office-online-rolls-out-an-office-chrome-extension/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Office Online to get Skype voice, video call integration in November|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/microsoft-office-online-gets-skype-voice-and-video-call-integration-in-november/|website=indianexpress.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skype now integrated with Microsoft Office Online Read more at http://www.trutower.com/2015/10/30/skype-integration-office-online-voip-messaging/#FIlweOF4uIGUR1Vk.99|url=http://www.trutower.com/2015/10/30/skype-integration-office-online-voip-messaging/|website=trutower.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=LOPEZ|first1=NAPIER|title=Office and Outlook Online now let you video chat with Skype and create new docs via Chrome|url=https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/10/29/office-and-outlook-online-now-let-you-video-chat-with-skype-and-create-new-docs-via-chrome/|website=thenextweb.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> | | 2015 || ~ October 29 || Integration || Microsoft announces its plans to extend the social features of [[w:Microsoft Office|Office]] by integrating Skype into Office Online, allowing users to communicate by voice and video chat within [[w:Microsoft Word|Word]], [[w:Microsoft Excel|Excel]], {{w|PowerPoint}} and OneNote Online documents, as well as in Outlook.com.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=Microsoft Integrates Skype With Office Online, Rolls Out An Office Chrome Extension|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/29/microsoft-integrates-skype-with-office-online-rolls-out-an-office-chrome-extension/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Office Online to get Skype voice, video call integration in November|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/microsoft-office-online-gets-skype-voice-and-video-call-integration-in-november/|website=indianexpress.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Skype now integrated with Microsoft Office Online Read more at http://www.trutower.com/2015/10/30/skype-integration-office-online-voip-messaging/#FIlweOF4uIGUR1Vk.99|url=http://www.trutower.com/2015/10/30/skype-integration-office-online-voip-messaging/|website=trutower.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=LOPEZ|first1=NAPIER|title=Office and Outlook Online now let you video chat with Skype and create new docs via Chrome|url=https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/10/29/office-and-outlook-online-now-let-you-video-chat-with-skype-and-create-new-docs-via-chrome/|website=thenextweb.com|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> |
Revision as of 00:17, 5 January 2018
This is a timeline of Skype, a telecommunications application software product that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet and to regular telephones. Skype is a division of Microsoft Corporation.
Contents
Big picture
Time period | Development summary |
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2005 < | Skype continues to be updated |
2006 | Video calling service is born, and Skype is among the pioneering platforms.[1] As of 2006, the service is still a PC-only phenomenon.[2] |
2008 | eBay becomes increasingly disenchanted with their investment on Skype, losing millions of dollars.[3] |
2010 | Skype goes mobile.[3] |
2011 | Skype is acquired by Microsoft. |
2012 | Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Skype unit grows its international traffic by 44 percent in the year, more than twice the volume growth achieved by all the phone companies in the world combined.[4] |
2017 | Microsoft manages to turn Skype into a winning investment and a great program for online voice and video communication.[3] |
Full timeline
Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
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2002 | January 1 | Funding | Skype raises US$ 250,000.[5] |
2003 | August | Funding | Skype announces second funding round.[5] |
2003 | August | Creation | Skype is founded by Estonian developers Zahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, Swedish developer Niklas Zennström and Danish developer Janus Friis. The foremost voice–over–IP service is launched in August. Skype stands for "Sky Peer to Peer".[6][3][7] |
2004 | February | Service | Skype introduces audio conference calling.[8] |
2004 | March 1 | Funding | Skype receives US$ 18.8 million in funding.[5] |
2004 | August | Expansion | First public release of Skype for Mac.[8] |
2004 | October | Growth | 1 million concurrent users, and 2 billion free Skype-to-Skype minutes are reported.[8] |
2005 | February | Expansion | Skype launches for Linux.[8] |
2005 | Launch | Skype 2.0 is released for the first time in beta version.[9] | |
2005 | June | Growth | Skype reaches 10 million Skype-to-Skype calls.[8] |
2005 | September | Acquisition | eBay buys Skype for US$ 2.5 billion. The founders of Skype would then concentrate on Joost, a streaming video service.[9][7][8] |
2006 | January | Expansion | Skype video calling launches on Windows.[8] |
2006 | February | Skype announces 10-way conference calling on PCs.[8] | |
2006 | February 6 | Investment | Skype announces investment in Fon.[5] |
2006 | April 11 | Acquisition | Skype acquires Sonorit.[5] |
2006 | May | Skypecasts are first introduced as a service that can create voice conversations with up to one hundred participants.[9][3] | |
2006 | May | SMS sending feature becomes available on Windows.[8] | |
2006 | Service | Skype introduces Voice Conferencing, a service that allows customers to hold video conference calls with other Skype users.[6] | |
2006 | December | Service | Skype introduces first calling subscriptions.[8] |
2007 | February 20 | Investment | Skype announces investment in Trial Pay.[5] |
2007 | March | Growth | Skype reaches half a billion downloads.[8] |
2007 | June | Service | Skype To Go is launched as a pay-as-you-go option that allows users to call people all over the world for the price of a local call by giving them a local number to call.[8] |
2007 | October | Acquisition | eBay takes a $1.4 billion writedown on Skype.[10] |
2007 | October | Service | 3 Skypephone is introduced with 3, a mobile UK carrier.[8] |
2007 | October | High-quality video is introduced with Logitech.[8] | |
2008 | February | Growth | Skype reaches 100 billion minutes of Skype to Skype calls.[8] |
2008 | February | Team | Josh Silverman is appointed Skype's CEO.[8] |
2008 | September | Growth | Skype celebrates 1 billion downloads.[8] |
2008 | September | Shutdown | Skype closes Skypecasts permanently for not maintaining the expected minimun quality standard.[9][3] |
2008 | Early | Crisis | Constant managerial changes resulting in tension between eBay and Skype's respective management teams culminate with the departure of Skype's founders.[9] |
2008 | February | Team | Josh Silverman becomes Skype's CEO and immediately sets about concentrating on video calls, after eliminating previously popular programs like Skype Find and Skypecast.[3] |
2008 | Early | Expansion | Skype Voice Conferencing service becomes available for Linux OS.[6] |
2008 | April | Service | Skype releases Mobile Skype, compatible with around 50 different phones, a figure that would increase as programming and technology continue to sync.[6] |
2008 | September | eBay cites that Skype has failed to maintain the expected minimum quality standard. | |
2009 | March | Expansion | Skype launches for iPhone.[8] |
2009 | Upgrade | Skype 4.1 includes the possibility of screen sharing, and joins up with Boingo to offer –with a surcharge, wireless internet access through their access points. The service would later be renamed to Skype ans Skype Wi-Fi Access.[9] | |
2009 | April | eBay announces a plan to spin off of Skype.[6] | |
2009 | May | Skype makes a grand appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show “Where the Skype Are You?”.[8] | |
2009 | July | Service | Skype launches its WiFi and screen sharing features.[8] |
2009 | August | Elevation Partners invests.[7] | |
2009 | September | eBay sells 65 percent of Skype for to a group led by private equity firm Silver Lake and including Andreessen Horowitz, at a transaction cost of US$ 2 billion. The deal would put a value on Skype at roughly US$3 billion.[10][8] | |
2009 | October 14 | Investment | Skype announces investment in Rdio.[5] |
2009 | November 19 | Funding | Skype receives US$ 50 million in its fourth funding round.[5] |
2009 | Service | Skype for Business (SIP) is released.[6] | |
2010 | January | Partnership | Skype on your TV arrives in deals struck with Samsung and Panasonic.[8] |
2010 | February | Upgrade | Skype 4.0 is launched with full screen video calling.[8] |
2010 | ? | Skype becomes ingrained in Windows, Mac and Linux.[3] | |
2010 | March | Expansion | Skype Mobile on Verizon Wireless devices becomes available.[8] |
2010 | April | Expansion | Skype launches on the Apple iPad.[8] |
2010 | April 16 | Funding | Skype receives US$ 7,755,032 in its fifth funding round.[5] |
2010 | May | Upghrade | Skype 5.0 BETA is released.[6] |
2010 | May | Expansion | Skype for Apple's iPhone app is released.[6] |
2010 | August | Skype files for the IPO.[7] | |
2010 | September | Service | Skype launches group video calling for up to 10 people.[8] |
2010 | October | Team | Former Cisco exec Tony Bates is appointed as Skype's CEO, replacing Josh Silverman.[10][8][8] |
2010 | October | Expansion | Skype launches on Android devices.[8] |
2010 | November | Skype starts delaying its IPO until 2011. But it also considers selling itself.[10] | |
2010 | December | Service | Skype videocalls come to iPhone.[9][3] |
2011 | January 6 | Acquisition | Skype acquires mobile video startup Qik, for US$150 million.[11][12][13][5] |
2011 | May 10 | Acquisition | Microsoft announces acquisition of Skype for US$ 8.5 billion.[10][9][3][8] |
2011 | June | Service | Skype videocalls come to Android.[9][3] |
2011 | July | Expansion | Facebook introduces video calling powered by Skype.[8] |
2011 | August 21 | Acquisition | Skype acquires GroupMe.[5][8] |
2011 | October | Acquisition | Skype becomes part of Micosoft.[8] |
2012 | January | Growth | Skype provides 25% of the world’s international calling according to TeleGeography.[8] |
2012 | February | Expansion | Skype for Windows Phone becomes available.[8] |
2012 | March | Expansion | Skype service becomes pre-installed in Vizio smart TVs.[8] |
2012 | April | Expansion | Skype for String is launched.[8] |
2012 | May | Comcast rolls out Skype on Xfinity.[8] | |
2012 | June | Growth | Skype for Android surpasses 70 million downloads.[8] |
2012 | June | Growth | Skype surpasses 250 million connected users per month.[8] |
2012 | August | Expansion | Logitech TV Cam HD for Skype calls in the living room is launched.[8] |
2012 | November | Microsoft announces that Skype would become the main Microsoft messaging service, eliminating its propietary Messenger service. This would launch a new surge in Skype usage.[3] | |
2013 | January 10 | Update | Skype 6.1 for Windows adds Outlook integration.[14][15][16][17] |
2013 | February | Statistics | Skype reportedly makes up one-third of all international phone traffic.[4][18][19] |
2013 | March | Legal | Saudi Arabia threatens to block access to Skype and other Voice over IP (VoIP) communications platforms such as WhatsApp, and Viber unless these companies allow for government monitoring.[20][21] [22] |
2013 | April | Statistics | Skype reveals that its users already spend two billion minutes each day communicating with one another on its cross-platform calling and messaging service.[23][24][25] |
2013 | April | Researchers from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab identify a new malware spreading through Skype and turning the victim's computer into a Bitcoin miner. The victim's machine is then fully loaded to mine Bitcoins which is how the malware author makes money from the software.[26][27][28][29] | |
2013 | May | Microsoft announces Skype and Lync interoperability, meaning users can access their Lync contacts via Skype and vice versa, and then message them or place an audio call.[30][31][32] | |
2013 | July | Microsoft updates the Skype app for Android (version 4.0) into a faster and lighter app, redesigned with visual cues from Windows Phone 8.[33][34][35][36][37] | |
2013 | August | Skype confirms 3D video calls under development, some months after having posted an advert saying it wanted to find a way to create "body-doubles" for workers unable to travel to meetings.[38][39][40][41][42] | |
2013 | August | Microsoft merges Skype with Microsoft Outlook in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, and Brazil.[43][44] | |
2013 | November | Skype terminates its previous joint-venture partnership in China and announces it will be operated in the country by Guangming Founder.[45][46][47] | |
2014 | January | Attack | Hackers manage to breach Skype’s security and hack its Twitter account, Facebook page, and blog. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) claims responsability. Its message: "end spying on the public".[48][49][50][51][52][53] |
2014 | March 4 | Microsoft launches Skype for Outlook.com worldwide. The global release comes alongside improved software support; PC users can now participate in HD video chats, while Mac users get a Safari plugin.[54][55][56][57][58][59] | |
2014 | April | Service | Skype's group video calling (GVC) becomes available free of charge on Windows desktop, OS X and the Xbox One.[60][61][62][63] |
2014 | May | Skype launches new real-time language translator.[64][65][66][67][68] | |
2014 | ~ October 30 | Update | Skype 5.7 for iPhone update brings picture saving options and adds improved chat load times. Also, besides giving users the ability to view avatars for groups and other people, Skype 5.7 for iPhone also makes it easier for users to search their people list, with new filter options.[69][70][71][72] |
2014 | November | Product | Microsoft begins beta test of Skype for Web, a version of Skype that would work from a variety of browsers, and which ultimately would alleviate the need for Skype app or plug-in downloads.[73][74][75][76] |
2014 | November | Rebrand | Microsoft announces rebrand of Microsoft Lync as Skype for Business. The service would combine features of Lync and the consumer Skype software.[77][78][79][80] |
2014 | November | Update | Skype app update for Android brings picture-in-picture support to smartphones, allowing users to leave the app but still have a clear view of the person on the other end, whether they’re checking an email, browsing Facebook, or posting an update to Twitter.[81][82][83][84] |
2015 | ~ April 27 | Competition | Facebook adds video calling to Messenger, letting users chat face to face with their friends by tapping a single button inside the app. The free feature, which works over both LTE and Wi-Fi, competes with similar products including Skype, Google Hangouts, and FaceTime.[85][86][87][88][89] |
2015 | ~ May 5 | Legal | Microsoft loses in its battle with the United Kingdom broadcasting company Sky to use the name Skype, after the European court rules Skype’s name is too similar to Sky broadcaster. The judgement would prevent Microsoft from registering a trademark for Skype's name and bubble-design logo.[90][91][92][93][94] |
2015 | ~ August 11 | Product | Microsoft begins private beta of Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android.[95][96][97][98] |
2015 | September | Update | Skype introduces its "mojis", a series of little video clips that can be inserted into the user's chats.[99][100][101][102] |
2015 | ~ October 29 | Integration | Microsoft announces its plans to extend the social features of Office by integrating Skype into Office Online, allowing users to communicate by voice and video chat within Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Online documents, as well as in Outlook.com.[103][104][105][106] |
2017 | November | Skype iOS and Android apps are removed from the app store in China at the request of the Chinese government after local users complain they were suddenly unable to use Apple’s systems to pay for Skype services.[107][108] |
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References
- ↑ "750 million downloads and 2 trillion minutes of free video calls: Skype celebrates 10 years". neowin.net. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ "Skype will have free group video calling on Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows 10 Mobile". onmsft.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 "A Brief History of Skype - the peer to peer messaging service". dsp.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Report: Skype makes up one-third of all international phone traffic". fiercewireless.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "skype crunchbase". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 "A Brief History of Skype". brighthub.com.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Skype's long history of owners and also-rans: At an end?". fortune.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 8.35 8.36 8.37 8.38 8.39 8.40 "The History of Skype" (PDF). blogs.skype.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 "Skype 10th Anniversary: a history". softonic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "Timeline: Skype from startup to $8.5 billion sale". reuters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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- ↑ Warren, Tom. "Skype for Windows updated with Outlook integration". theverge.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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- ↑ "New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour makes money by using victims' machines to mine Bitcoins". thenextweb.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ↑ "Microsoft Announces Skype And Lync Interoperability With IM & Audio To Start, Video Soon". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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