<p>Windows Live Messenger is being phased out after serving Microsoft customers for 13 years. Announced in late 2012 the service will officially come to an end on April 8 and be replaced with Skype service.</p><p>Last month Microsoft announced to some customers that the change would occur on March 15. According to the The Verge's Tom Warren only a "small number" of Windows Live Messenger customers will flip over to Skype in March. The remaining customers will receive an "upgrade" to the Skype platform on April 8.</p><p>English-language customers will be the first to receive the upgrade followed by a transition a few weeks later for the Brazilian Portuguese version which will be completed by April 30.</p><p>Skype is attempting to make the transition simply by pre-streaming the client data to the user, so the upgrade will be already on the machine when the notification arrives.</p><p><a href="http://socialnewsdaily.com/9016/windows-live-messenger-updating-to-skype-on-april-8/">Keep reading...</a></p>