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Direct contact via email and live chat is available through their web support portal. Chat Support is a premium feature available to Skype Premium and some other paid users. Skype's refund policy states that they will provide refunds in full if customers have used less than €1 of their Skype Credit.
On November 11, 2014, Microsoft announced that Lync would be renamed Skype for Business in 2015, also adding support for video calls with Skype users. [8] On September 22, 2015, Skype for Business 2016 was released alongside Office 2016. On October 27, 2016, the Skype for Business for Mac client was released. [9]
The price Microsoft agreed to pay for the company is 32 times Skype's operating profits. [58] According to the Financial Times this raises fears of a new "tech bubble". [58] Ars Technica and the BBC have questioned the value for Microsoft in the purchase. [59] [60] Microsoft's acquisition of Skype got EU approval on 7 October 2011. [61]
In 2011, Microsoft paid $8.5 billion to eBay and private-equity and venture-capital investors to acquire Skype, an Internet-based calling and messaging service. Despite now being associated with ...
On May 10, 2011, Microsoft announced its acquisition of Skype Technologies, creator of the VoIP service Skype, for $8.5 billion (~$11.4 billion in 2023). [15] With a value 32 times larger than Skype's operating profits, the deal was Microsoft's largest acquisition at the time.
Skype 2.0 and later, on Microsoft Windows (DirectX 9.0 or above required), Mac OS X, and Linux, supports video calling for Skype-to-Skype calls between two parties. Skype 3.6 and later on Windows and Skype 5.3 and later on Mac supports 720p high-definition video.