Qik shutting down three years after Skype acquisition

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ANI Washington
Last Updated : Mar 21 2014 | 4:15 PM IST

Video calling service Qik is shutting down three years after it was brought by Skype for 100 million dollars.

Qik announced in a blog post that it will close its doors on April 30th, taking all your videos with it.

According to Techcrunch, the reason for the shut down is because Skype has finally folded all of Qik's features into its own service, and therefore there is no reason to offer a duplicate product.

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First Published: Mar 21 2014 | 4:01 PM IST

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