As Skype shuts down, who decides what tech is on top?

After 22 years, video calling platform Skype is shutting down.

After its inception, to ‘skype’ became a verb – and it was the go-to service for many years.

That is... until Covid-19 and Zoom took over.

So how has something once thought to be so innovative become so obsolete?

Who decides what apps and sites we migrate to – and looking to the future, what could be the next big bang – or bust?

Today on The Front Page, Victoria University of Wellington professor of information systems, Alex Richter joins us to discuss the fickle world of tech.

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