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Did Microsoft deliberately kill Skype? Or did Shype die because the World changed? Here is what happened: - In 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 Billion! - In 2015-17: Mobile-first apps like Whatsapp, Messenger, Telegram gained popularity

How Skype Went from a Verb to Virtual Obscurity📉 Once a pioneer in internet calling, Skype made “Skyping” a global verb. Launched in 2003 and acquired by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion. It revolutionized online communication. But post-acquisit

Welcome to Day 6 of my 30-day Business & Entrepreneurship series! Today’s edition is all about external forces that can make or break your startup: Regulations: Costs, barriers, and hidden opportunities (Stripe vs. Uber stories) Geopolitics:

How $1 Billion Mobile Project Failed? So, In 2010, Microsoft came up with a very weird but interesting idea! And that was to create a social media-focused phone for ages 15–30. To make this phone, they acquired Danger for $500M and spent another $

The product you are building always need not to be newer to the market, it can be a solution that existing companies can't tackle. Zoom: Solving What Others Couldn't When Zoom launched in 2011, video conferencing tools like Skype, WebEx, and Google

"Nokia's Iphone Killer helped kill itself " Billions To Bankruptcy #2 Most Selling Mobile phone to Failure(Nokia) In 1998, Nokia was the fast selling mobile brands globally.Nokia’s profit was about 4 billion in 1999. In 2007 Apple came up with iP

The untold story of ZOOM! Zoom is a pretty well-known app since 2020. But Covid was not the only reason for their success. There was more! So, Zoom was started by Eric Yuan, who was born in China. He wished to move to Silicon Valley, inspired by Bi

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How Nokia Went from Icon to Cautionary Tale Once the king of mobile phones, Nokia ruled the world with its indestructible devices and catchy ringtones. But when the smartphone wave hit, Nokia blinked. While Apple redefined phones and Android took ov

In 2000, Nokia ruled the world—selling 7 phones every second and owning 70% of the market. But a decade later, it collapsed completely. How did the king of mobile phones fall so fast ? The rise and fall of Nokia, explained: Nokia started in 1865