The tech titan plans to migrate MSN Live users to Skype
WASHIGTON: Beware the Ides of March if you are a user of Microsoft’s Windows Messenger Live. Microsoft announced last November that it would soon retire its instant messaging in favour of Skype, which Microsoft acquired in October 2011.
It has started informing Messenger users that the service would go dark for majority of users that the service would go dark for majority of users on March 15. Skype officials said in late October that Skype would most likely replace Messenger someday, but had declined to provide a public timetable. A blog post in November indicated the switchoer would occur during the first quarter of 2013.
Skype began testing new Windows and Macbeta releases in October that let users sign in to Skype using their WindowsLive ID, allowing them to send and receive instant messages and see the presence information of those using Live Messenger, Xbox, Hotmail or Outlook.com.
After migrating from Messenger to Skype, users will be able to use Skype’s instant messaging, as well as its video calling, landline calling, screen sharing, and video calling on mobile phones. — Agencies
