{"id":64020,"date":"2012-11-06T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=64020"},"modified":"2012-11-06T11:25:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:25:01","slug":"microsoft-abandoning-windows-live-messenger-rumour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/64020-microsoft-abandoning-windows-live-messenger-rumour.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft abandoning Windows Live Messenger &#8211; rumour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>Microsoft is rumoured to be shutting down Windows Live Messenger in favour of Skype.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple sources, the tech company is said to be retiring the Windows Live Messenger service sometime within the next couple months.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the service\u2019s features will then be integrated into Skype, which Microsoft acquired back in May.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s said that Microsoft will announce the Windows Live Messenger shut down as early as this week, and will start to merge its users over to Skype.<\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2012\/11\/5\/3603014\/windows-live-messenger-retirement-skype\" target=\"_blank\">The Verge <\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Skype and landline phone launched\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/63674-skype-and-landline-phone-launched.html\">Skype and landline phone launched<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Microsoft Surface compatibility list for devices\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/63680-microsoft-surface-compatibility-list-for-devices.html\">Microsoft Surface compatibility list for devices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Nokia vs HTC vs Samsung: Windows Phone 8 spec sheet showdown\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/60295-nokia-vs-htc-vs-samsung-windows-phone-8-spec-sheet-showdown.html\">Nokia vs HTC vs Samsung: Windows Phone 8 spec sheet showdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Windows Phone 8 launched, new features unveiled\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/63400-windows-phone-8-launched-new-features-unveiled.html\">Windows Phone 8 launched, new features unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumours suggest Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger in favour of Skype<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340900,"featured_media":58341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[123,7979,1089,16678],"class_list":["post-64020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-microsoft","tag-quicknews","tag-skype","tag-windows-live-messenger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64026,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64020\/revisions\/64026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}