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  • Can online comments be redeemed? That conversation, plus highlights from our tech coverage on-air and online, are in our latest week in review.
  • Skype in the NICU
    One of eight babies in this country is born prematurely. Some will be under intensive care for months, while worried parents wait and wonder how their…
  • We are saying goodbye to Skype. In 2009, the app had more than 400 million users, and made up 8% of the world's international calling minutes. Now Microsoft says it has shifted focus to its Teams app.
  • What does the realignment of the big NCAA conferences tell us about the future of college sports? NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Daniel Libit, a reporter at Sportico.
  • Internet auction provider eBay agrees to buy Skype. eBay will pay $2.6 billion in cash and stock for the Internet calling service, in hopes that it will boost communication between buyers and sellers.
  • Two problems arise with the new technology: The witness's testimony in this case was interrupted by pranksters; and appearing via Skype may violate the constitutional right to face your accuser. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with attorney John Hutchins about using Skype in criminal cases.
  • Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.
  • As schools close for the summer, many families plan to travel, but in some districts, students have been touring all year – dropping in on classes…
  • Should court testimony happen in person? Or would a video feed work just as well? As Michael Pope tells us, lawmakers in Richmond say Skype should be…
  • Microsoft has announced that the pioneering online video calling service that's been around for more than two decades will go offline on Monday.
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