Microsoft has launched a new challenge for Skype users

Jul 24, 2013 09:44 GMT  ·  By

Skype is becoming a much more important app for Microsoft, so in order to stir up interest in the app, the company is launching new contests on a regular basis.

This time, the tech giant is inviting users to create art using Skype emoticons, as they remain one of the most popular ways to chat using instant messages.

“In our first Moment Makers challenge, we asked you to create your own Skype instant messaging emoticon art. Our users released their inner artists, using our chat window as their canvas and there was some amazingly creative art shared,” Leanne Johnson of Skype said in a post.

Microsoft is also trying to get more Windows Live Messenger users to Skype, as the company has recently killed its popular instant messaging client in an attempt to put the focus on the VoIP platform.