If you?re trying to Skype your boss or your grandma this lunchtime, it?s likely that you?re going to be running into problems: the platform is down all over the world.
Calls and status updates are affected, but instant messages should still work. Microsoft says all of your contacts are going to appear offline until it can work out a fix for the problem.
The party line suggests ?an issue with the status settings of Skype? is to blame.
A Microsoft spokesperson told techradar, ?We are working hard to fix an issue which is preventing some users from logging in and using Skype. We apologise for any inconvenience and will keep our users updated.?
One workaround is to use the recently launched web version of Skype, which was still working fine at the time of publication. Or there is always FaceTime or Google Hangouts.
Credit: techradar
