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Paul Stenhouse: On the stars going to space and why Skype is shutting down - Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Skype is shutting down on May 5.  
It was the OG video calling app, but now Microsoft is all in on Teams. Microsoft has developed a way for users to port their Skype account over to a free version of Teams, or to export their data. It's nice that they're making the choices and options clear. 
There's one big piece missing though - the ability to call people using phone numbers. 
This is probably a good thing.. Microsoft has multiple services - Teams, Skype, Lync - over the years that have all largely done the same thing, but are just integrated into the wider ecosystem differently. 
They bought Skype in 2011 for $8.5b - 14 years ago! 
 
Katy Perry is going to space! 
She'll be flying on Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin rocket in the next few months. She's making the trip with Jeff Bezo's fiancé - Lauren Sanchez - along with newscaster Gayle King (who is Oprah's best friend), a research scientist, a film producer and a former NASA rocket scientist.&n

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Paul Stenhouse: On the stars going to space and why Skype is shutting down - Saturday Morning with Jack Tame