Paul Stenhouse: On the stars going to space and why Skype is shutting down
Saturday Morning with Jack Tame · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
Skype is shutting down on May 5.
It was the OG video calling app, but now Microsoft is all in on Teams. Microsoft has developed a way for users to port their Skype account over to a free version of Teams, or to export their data. It's nice that they're making the choices and options clear.
There's one big piece missing though - the ability to call people using phone numbers.
This is probably a good thing.. Microsoft has multiple services - Teams, Skype, Lync - over the years that have all largely done the same thing, but are just integrated into the wider ecosystem differently.
They bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5b - 14 years ago!
Katy Perry is going to space!
She'll be flying on Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin rocket in the next few months. She's making the trip with Jeff Bezo's fiancé - Lauren Sanchez - along with newscaster Gayle King (who is Oprah's best friend), a research scientist, a film producer and a former NASA rocket scientist.
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