Skype announces it will close in May

Skype, the video calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said.It was once one of the world's most popular websites and allowed people to make voice calls via their computers to friends and family all over the globe for free.Skype was not the first or only company offering this service but by allowing the public to make computer-to-computer calls free, it…