Microsoft’s ‘Skype Qik’ Takes On Mobile Video Messaging
Skype launches a free mobile messaging app for users to send and receive short videos. Microsoft’s Skype joined the hot mobile messaging market Tuesday with the launch of a simple and straightforward video messaging app called Skype Qik. The app is available for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone and doesn’t require a Skype account to use. Skype Qik was born out of the mobile video streaming website Qik, which Skype acquired in 2011 for $150 million and shuttered in April. The stripped-down and reimagined service combines a hodgepodge of characteristics from other…
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