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
Not exactly. Nokia failed because it resisted change. Skype didn’t—Microsoft just sidelined it in favor of Teams. One was stubborn; the other was sacrificed.
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
In 2014, Microsoft was imploding.
Their $7.2B Nokia purchase was a disaster. Windows 8 was failing. Their culture was toxic.
Until they hired ONE man who would transform Microsoft into a $3 TRILLION empire...
He is Satya Nadella
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Jaswanth Jegan
Founder-Hexpertify.c... • 9m
"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
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In 2014, Microsoft was imploding.
Their $7.2B Nokia purchase was a disaster. Windows 8 was failing. Their culture was toxic.
Until they hired ONE man who would transform Microsoft into a $3 TRILLION empire...
Here's the full story:
2013: Microsof
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
Notable events in business and tech history that took place today, years ago!
July 8, 2014: Microsoft Announces 18,000 job cuts which was the largest layoff of that time! This was mainly due to Nokia integration.
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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 $
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Havish Gupta
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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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Hiral Jain
Content writer • 8m
Hello everyone! Day 4 of knowing about brands that failed to acquire the Indian market!
BISLERI POP
What's the first thing that comes to your mind after listening to Bisleri? Water right?
Well now we have ideologized it as a very successful water br
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Hiral Jain
Content writer • 8m
Hey everyone! Day 6 of knowing about companies that failed in the indian (global) market. Ever wondered how a company, once a dominant force in the industry, can crumble just by refusing to adapt to change?
NOKIA was once the undisputed leader in th