1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talks at BE. 3 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:16,693 Speaker 2: Skype is being shut down. It seems amazing really, given 4 00:00:17,013 --> 00:00:18,973 Speaker 2: like I was saying earlier, Skype's kind of a verb 5 00:00:19,053 --> 00:00:20,413 Speaker 2: as well as a now and you know when you're 6 00:00:20,493 --> 00:00:23,973 Speaker 2: video calling people, you skype them. Well not anymore. Our 7 00:00:24,053 --> 00:00:28,653 Speaker 2: Textbert Paul Stenhouse is here with the details. What's happening, Paul, Yeah, I. 8 00:00:28,573 --> 00:00:31,893 Speaker 3: Think Zoom might have taken over that name unfortunately, which 9 00:00:31,933 --> 00:00:35,613 Speaker 3: Microsoft probably isn't too happy about because they own Skype 10 00:00:35,693 --> 00:00:39,413 Speaker 3: and they bought it Jack fourteen years ago twenty eleven. 11 00:00:39,453 --> 00:00:43,813 Speaker 3: It was eight point five billion dollars, which twenty eleven 12 00:00:44,013 --> 00:00:47,773 Speaker 3: was quite the summer of him, wasn't that? Yeah, But 13 00:00:47,853 --> 00:00:50,493 Speaker 3: it sort of came. It was a little shocking to 14 00:00:50,493 --> 00:00:52,573 Speaker 3: see the headline. I will admix. It's like, it feels 15 00:00:52,613 --> 00:00:54,733 Speaker 3: like it's been a bit of a name, you know, 16 00:00:54,813 --> 00:00:59,253 Speaker 3: a namestay of the technology world. Obviously people aren't using it, 17 00:00:59,293 --> 00:01:01,093 Speaker 3: maybe quite as much as they're used to, but it 18 00:01:01,133 --> 00:01:05,533 Speaker 3: really was the original video calling app. And so Microsoft 19 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:08,933 Speaker 3: said May five shutting it down. So it gives us 20 00:01:09,093 --> 00:01:12,813 Speaker 3: what sixty odd days I think it was. They have 21 00:01:13,013 --> 00:01:15,493 Speaker 3: been good though, I will see this right, instead of 22 00:01:15,533 --> 00:01:18,533 Speaker 3: just pulling the pin, they've actually created some tooling to 23 00:01:18,653 --> 00:01:21,813 Speaker 3: let people either port their Skype account over to a 24 00:01:21,853 --> 00:01:25,093 Speaker 3: free version of Microsoft Teams, which is basically their play 25 00:01:25,093 --> 00:01:28,093 Speaker 3: for the future, or they're actually letting people so export 26 00:01:28,133 --> 00:01:30,333 Speaker 3: it out. And I kind of like that they've made 27 00:01:30,373 --> 00:01:32,813 Speaker 3: the choice, given people the choice, and made the options 28 00:01:32,893 --> 00:01:36,093 Speaker 3: quite clear, rather than some technology companies don't do that. 29 00:01:36,173 --> 00:01:37,693 Speaker 2: Yeah, so what does expect wording it out mean? 30 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:40,333 Speaker 3: So you'll be able to take your contacts and your 31 00:01:41,093 --> 00:01:42,773 Speaker 3: type of your chats and things like that and take 32 00:01:42,813 --> 00:01:45,093 Speaker 3: it somewhere else. But Microsoft, this is kind of a 33 00:01:45,093 --> 00:01:49,493 Speaker 3: good thing for Microsoft because they have Teams, Skype and 34 00:01:49,533 --> 00:01:52,293 Speaker 3: also this old thing called Link and they all basically 35 00:01:52,293 --> 00:01:55,013 Speaker 3: do exactly the same thing. They're all like chat and video, 36 00:01:55,213 --> 00:01:56,413 Speaker 3: and so it's good that done. 37 00:01:56,453 --> 00:01:57,853 Speaker 2: Now you're kind of consolidating. 38 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:01,293 Speaker 3: They're consolidating, right, and it just makes things easier for people. 39 00:02:01,533 --> 00:02:04,093 Speaker 3: You know, So, is he a Skype? Is it's just 40 00:02:04,133 --> 00:02:06,253 Speaker 3: going to be Teams? Yeah, And so if you do it, 41 00:02:06,453 --> 00:02:07,933 Speaker 3: if you do have a Skype account, there is one 42 00:02:07,933 --> 00:02:09,613 Speaker 3: thing you need to know though, and this is the 43 00:02:09,653 --> 00:02:11,653 Speaker 3: thing to think that got thing that got people onto 44 00:02:11,653 --> 00:02:14,413 Speaker 3: Skype was that you could use it to make very 45 00:02:14,493 --> 00:02:18,893 Speaker 3: cheap overseas calls that yesterday. Yeah, now that feature won't 46 00:02:18,893 --> 00:02:21,973 Speaker 3: be being ported over to teams, not the free not 47 00:02:22,013 --> 00:02:24,453 Speaker 3: the free version anyway, so that part of it will disappear. 48 00:02:24,653 --> 00:02:26,733 Speaker 3: But otherwise you've still got your video calling and your 49 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:28,733 Speaker 3: chat and your group chats and all that kind of thing. 50 00:02:28,893 --> 00:02:30,733 Speaker 2: It is a shame to lose that, although the sense 51 00:02:30,773 --> 00:02:33,453 Speaker 2: I get is that pretty much everywhere now people are 52 00:02:33,493 --> 00:02:37,053 Speaker 2: kind of moving towards WhatsApp anyway. You know that WhatsApp 53 00:02:37,093 --> 00:02:39,413 Speaker 2: is kind of the international calling equivalent, isn't it. So 54 00:02:39,453 --> 00:02:41,533 Speaker 2: I suppose it's not the end of the world. Yeah, 55 00:02:41,573 --> 00:02:45,053 Speaker 2: interesting though, amazing just how kind of fortunes change. Tell us, 56 00:02:45,053 --> 00:02:47,413 Speaker 2: why is Katie Perry of all people going to space? 57 00:02:48,173 --> 00:02:53,133 Speaker 3: Well, it's about who you know, isn't it. 58 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:53,973 Speaker 1: Yeah? 59 00:02:54,253 --> 00:02:58,733 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, so she she so, okay, So Blue Origin 60 00:02:59,173 --> 00:03:04,813 Speaker 3: is Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon's Rocket company. His fiance 61 00:03:05,173 --> 00:03:09,573 Speaker 3: is Laurence Sanchez. Okay, right, So Lauren decided that she 62 00:03:09,733 --> 00:03:12,853 Speaker 3: was going to take an all gaal pale kind of 63 00:03:12,933 --> 00:03:16,733 Speaker 3: trip to space. So she said to Katie Peerry. 64 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:17,213 Speaker 2: Want to come? 65 00:03:17,733 --> 00:03:22,173 Speaker 3: Mm hmm, okay, she's also taking along. There's a newscaster 66 00:03:22,253 --> 00:03:24,613 Speaker 3: over here on Sibbi's called Gail King, who I think 67 00:03:24,693 --> 00:03:28,973 Speaker 3: is famously known as Oprah's best friend. She's going to 68 00:03:29,533 --> 00:03:32,693 Speaker 3: a research scientist, a film producer, and a former NASA 69 00:03:33,453 --> 00:03:35,853 Speaker 3: rocket scientist. They're all going to be going with Jeff 70 00:03:35,893 --> 00:03:39,533 Speaker 3: Bezos's fiance. Lauren sends she is up in the space 71 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:43,613 Speaker 3: because when your husband owns a rocket company, you just 72 00:03:43,653 --> 00:03:45,293 Speaker 3: take it for a spin. You take the rocket for 73 00:03:45,333 --> 00:03:47,893 Speaker 3: a spin. Don't you take some friends go for a 74 00:03:47,933 --> 00:03:48,413 Speaker 3: spin to. 75 00:03:48,373 --> 00:03:54,893 Speaker 2: Space as you do? Yeah? Well, yeah, nice. I'm not Yeah, 76 00:03:55,173 --> 00:03:57,013 Speaker 2: I think I'd probably be excited about a couple of 77 00:03:57,053 --> 00:04:00,853 Speaker 2: those passengers, a couple of others. I'm not too sure. 78 00:04:00,933 --> 00:04:03,253 Speaker 2: I suppose it's a pretty quick trip. Thank you, Paul. 79 00:04:03,413 --> 00:04:04,973 Speaker 2: Paul Stenhouse, our texpert. 80 00:04:05,013 --> 00:04:08,853 Speaker 1: There for more Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live 81 00:04:08,973 --> 00:04:11,773 Speaker 1: to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or 82 00:04:11,853 --> 00:04:13,693 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.