Skype users are scrambling to find an alternative after Microsoft shut down the pioneering internet phone service which let people make cheap long distance calls and chat with other users.

After 23 years of connecting people around the world, Skype, the popular video-calling service, is shutting down. Microsoft, the parent company, confirmed Here's a list of alternative video-calling apps that can replace Skype when it shuts down on May 5.

"Goodbye Skype, hello Teams," the Skype website now reads. Those who still have an active subscription and Skype Credits can use the Skype Dial Pad to make calls to landlines and mobile numbers. Original Story 2/28: Farewell,