Messenger going down; Skype in the rise

In March 15, any Microsoft Messenger user are going to lose the application and can go to skype with their own ID. The plan to shut down the program was made within last november, and since Microsoft aquired skype in May 2011, there will be a setting for Messenger users to acess as before; which still have the contacts within their Xbox, hotmail, etc.With Skype's New techology with video chatting, and instant messaging, This may change the turn about for 2013


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- Microsoft to shut down Messenger on March 15, move users to Skype
- Microsoft confirms Live Messenger users to be migrated to Skype on March 15
- Microsoft killing Messenger on March 15