{"id":5560,"date":"2025-03-02T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T02:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2025-03-02T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T02:01:18","slug":"mobileviews-551-farewell-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/02\/mobileviews-551-farewell-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews 551: Farewell Skype!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"MobileViews 551: Farewell Skype!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=rbig2-1824ba7-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MViews551-Jon-me.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MViews551-Jon-me.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MViews551-Jon-me-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MViews551-Jon-me-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MViews551-Jon-me-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2025\/02\/28\/the-next-chapter-moving-from-skype-to-microsoft-teams\/\">Microsoft shutting down Skype<\/a> on May 5, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/devices\/new-alexa-generative-artificial-intelligence\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Alexa+<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussion: What to you expect of other people&#8217;s AI use? What would you like people\/companies using AI that would benefit you and others?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Future topic: 52 Things I Learned inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@tomwhitwell\/52-things-i-learned-in-2024-75efffe44f15\">Tom Whitwell&#8217;s annual lis<\/a>t.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Todd&#8217;s thing #1: Proposal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/09\/1243405460\/space-news-moon-nasa-time-zone-white-house\">Coordinated Lunar Time<\/a> time zone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Available via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/mobileviews.com-podcast\/id301171904?mt=2\">Apple iTunes<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ToddOgasawara\/podcasts\u201d\">MobileViews YouTube Podcasts channel <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\u201chttps:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/MobileViewscom-Podcast-Podcast\/B08K565TQS?qid=1640555789&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&amp;pf_rd_r=TXEJVWB2VW471GJ9XQQ0\u201d&lt;\/a\">MobileViews Podcast on Audible.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss: Microsoft shutting down Skype on May 5, 2025 Amazon Alexa+ Discussion: What to you expect of other people&#8217;s AI use? 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