Microsoft shuts down beloved platform that shaped encrypted chats
It's the end of an era for a video conferencing pioneer.
There’s a certain ringtone that everyone who grew up in the late 1990s to early 2000s era will recognize every time, without fail.
Short and synthesized, the tune is almost as iconic as some of the radio hits that the millennial generation and older members of Generation Z grew up with. It often came on unexpectedly while young people surfed the internet, signaling that someone wanted to chat, even if they were in a different timezone.
