Skype Shuts Down Extras and Its Developer Program

Skype, the popular peer-to-peer VoIP service, just announced that it will soon shut down a large part of its developer program and shutter its Extras service, which allowed third-party developers to develop applications that enhanced the core functionality of Skype and sell them in Skype’s own online store. Starting today, Skype will no longer accept new applications for inclusion in the Skype store and will stop to certify new Extras. Existing apps will continue to work and a public API will be maintained for the foreseeable future. While Skype will keep this public API open, however, it won’t offer support for developers anymore…