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Skype built into final Windows 8.1 version, Microsoft drops existing Messaging app

The Verge: Microsoft is making use of its Skype acquisition for Windows 8.1, opting to bundle it into a final version of the OS. Existing preview versions of Windows 8.1 do not include the traditional built-in Messaging app. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that the final version of Windows 8.1 will kill off the Messaging app in favor of Skype integration.

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GentlemenRUs3954d ago (Edited 3954d ago )

Great... More bloatware I wont be using...

aviator1893954d ago

you consider skype bloatware??

lol, ok..

kingPoS3953d ago

I think the much like IE, Microsoft will try to make it a baseline necessity. Failing that, the newly embedded Skype could be just as hard to negate.

GentlemenRUs3953d ago

A lot of perfect alternatives out there... Skype was fine till M$ got their fat greedy hands on it...

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Microsoft's Gaming Shake-up: 1900 Job Cuts, Senior Execs Exit Xbox and Blizzard

Microsoft is laying off more employees, a new round after they cut thousands last year. It seems like many big tech companies are doing the same.

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Apple's Bold Move to Train LLM on Trendsetting News

Amidst the AI frenzy of 2023, major players like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are in the spotlight, launching their own generative AI systems.

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Here's how you can download Instagram Reels without third party apps

In this article, we are going to give you a couple of tricks to download Reels instantly from the application without any third-party platform.

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