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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microsoft is planning to overhaul Skype to create the "best experience possible," for desktop users </td></tr>
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MICROSOFT has missed its self-imposed deadline for an update for its new Skype messaging apps.</div>
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<section class="text-description">Microsoft has amended an official blog post which previously claimed its <em>overhauled</em> Skype messaging apps for Windows 10 desktop would be entering a preview stage by summer 2015.</section><section class="text-description"><a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/skype-down-microsoft-messenger-and.html">Skype suffered a monumental OUTAGE,</a> which affected businesses and families trying to keep in-touch across the globe.</section><section class="text-description">Microsoft has since confirmed that the down-time was triggered by a "larger-than-usual configuration change."</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"><blockquote class="nointellitxt ctx_blocked" id="nointellitxt">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Microsoft has previously teased the appearance of the refreshed app, in an official blog post</td></tr>
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Renown Windows blogger Paul Thurrott talked to Microsoft about the subtle change to the Skype app blogpost, "We want to make sure Skype built into Windows 10 is the best experience possible, so we’re taking some more time to make sure it’s ready for users. 
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<section class="pull-quote on-right">"In the meantime, you can continue to use Skype for Windows desktop, Skype for Windows Phone and Skype for Web on Edge."</section><section class="pull-quote on-right">According to Microsoft's earlier blog post, the refreshed apps will break-up the core Skype experience into three new apps.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right">"Later this summer, we’ll roll out the Preview for Universal Skype experiences built into Messaging, Phone and Video apps," Microsoft wrote in the first blog post.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"> </section><section class="pull-quote on-right">Windows 10, which unites the Microsoft ecosystem across a host of devices including smartphones, tablet and desktops PC, first rolled out back in July.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right">The Microsoft OS saw huge adoption within the first few hours of its release – but the free upgrade process has not been without issues.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right">Users have reported <em>agonisingly</em> slow boot-up speeds, <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/windows-10-how-to-fix-broken-wifi-after.html">wifi issues </a>and <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/windows-10-your-safety-settings-could.html">problems with child safety features</a> following the jump to Windows 10 <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/windows-10-microsoft-is-recording.html">and concerns over the in-built tracking</a>.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right">The news comes days after it was revealed Microsoft was working on a major update for its latest operating system, which featured a visual refresh. </section><div style="text-align: justify;">
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Windows 10: Microsoft DELAYS refresh to Skype desktop messaging apps

Microsoft is planning to overhaul Skype to create the "best experience possible," for desktop users MICROSOFT has missed its ...

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skype is experiencing outages for users in Europe, United States and Australia</td></tr>
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MICROSOFT'S video and instant messenger app Skype is NOT WORKING, the company has confirmed.</div>
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Skype is experiencing a <strong>serious outage</strong>.</div>
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The hugely successful Microsoft messenger is not working for thousands of users across the globe.</div>
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Microsoft has confirmed the outage across social media and via the Skype website.</div>
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The full scale of the blackout is not yet known, although the US firm has revealed that not <em>all </em>of Skype's services have been affected.</div>
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Thousands of people reported the global outage on website status aggregator Down Detector.</div>
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"We are working to fix an issue which is preventing some users from logging in & using Skype. We apologize for any inconvenience," the cross-platform messenger tweeted.</div>
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 </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are aware of an issue affecting Skype status at the moment, and are working on a quick fix: <a href="http://t.co/ymSzmrgEX0">http://t.co/ymSzmrgEX0</a> <a href="http://t.co/8LoqqL0hh7">pic.twitter.com/8LoqqL0hh7</a></p>— Skype Support (@SkypeSupport) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkypeSupport/status/645881512928387072">September 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are working to fix an issue which is preventing some users from logging in & using Skype. We apologize for any inconvenience.</p>— Skype (@Skype) <a href="https://twitter.com/Skype/status/645919917510914048">September 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Skype is down in Europe. <a href="http://t.co/75JLN7wDJo">pic.twitter.com/75JLN7wDJo</a></p>— Alexandre Dreyfus (@alex_dreyfus) <a href="https://twitter.com/alex_dreyfus/status/645878551917498368">September 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<section class="text-description">The first reports of problems with the app began around 11:00 GMT.</section><section class="text-description">The Redmond firm says instant messages and Skype for Web are working fine and it is hard at work to restore the rest of the service.</section><section class="text-description">Earlier this morning, Skype published a statement on its website: "We have detected an issue that is affecting Skype in a number of ways.</section><section class="pull-quote on-right"><blockquote class="nointellitxt ctx_blocked" id="nointellitxt">
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</section><section class="text-description">"If you're signed in to Skype, you will not be able to change your status and your contacts will all show as offline even if they are online. </section><section class="text-description">"As a result, you won’t be able to start Skype calls to them.</section><section class="text-description">"A small number of messages to group chats are not being delivered, but in most cases you can still instant message your contacts.</section><section class="text-description">"If you aren’t signed in to Skype, you may be experiencing difficulty when attempting to sign in. </section><section class="text-description">"Any changes to your Skype account such as your Credit balance or your profile details might take a little while to be displayed.</section><section class="text-description">"You may also have difficulty loading web pages on the Skype Community. For that reason, please check back here for future updates.</section><section class="text-description">"We're doing everything we can to fix this issue and hope to have another update for you soon. </section><section class="text-description">"Thank you for your patience as we work to get this incident resolved."</section><section class="text-description">Status aggregator Down Detector claims almost half of all reported issues with Skype are from users having trouble logging into the service.</section><section class="text-description">Meanwhile, video and voice calls account for some 28 per cent and the ability to send and receive message account for 27 per cent.</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Down Detector, an online status aggregator, shows the number of issues with Skype spike this morning</td></tr>
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</section><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/WholeLottaLore">@WholeLottaLore</a> Roger that, we verify there is a problem - stand by for an update on the situation.</p>— Skype Support (@SkypeSupport) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkypeSupport/status/645884421636276224">September 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are aware of an issue affecting Skype status at the moment, and are working on a quick fix: <a href="http://t.co/ymSzmrgEX0">http://t.co/ymSzmrgEX0</a> <a href="http://t.co/8LoqqL0hh7">pic.twitter.com/8LoqqL0hh7</a></p>— Skype Support (@SkypeSupport) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkypeSupport/status/645881512928387072">September 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/SkypeSupport">@SkypeSupport</a> my son is sad being unable to talk to his grand parents. Hope to see you back in a good shape soon.</p>— Tomoe Sugihara (@tomo_bassman) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomo_bassman/status/645919272057769988">September 21, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><section class="text-description">Skype is a wildly popular cross-platform chat, voice calling and video calling service.</section><section class="text-description">Skype software is available on Windows, OS X, smartphones and tablets, including the iPhone, iPad and Android devices.</section><section class="text-description">Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 and in 2013 merged Messenger (also known as MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger) with the service.</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description"> </section>

Skype DOWN: Microsoft messenger and video chat app NOT working across the GLOBE

Skype is experiencing outages for users in Europe, United States and Australia MICROSOFT'S video and instant messenger app Skype ...

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