Skype to shut down Qik video messaging app on March 24

Skype, the Microsoft-owned VoIP service has now decided to shutter its app. The company will be completely taking the Qik app off-the-grid by March 24. The company says that shutting down Skype Qik video messaging app should not be much of a worry for users as the majority of its features are now included in the VoIP service's core app. After March 24, users won't be able to send or receive any messages from the app.

"In 2014, we launched Skype Qik, a mobile video messaging app to help share moments with groups of friends. Since then, we have learned that many of you are already doing these things in Skype, and as a result, we migrated some of Qik's most used features into the Skype app you already know and love," said Skype team in company blog post.