Facebook launches video chat with Skype

[Shahrukh]

PALO ALTO: Facebook will add Skype video chat to its pages, aiming to spice up the appeal of the world's number one internet social networking service while fending off increased competition from Google.

The agreement, announced by Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters on Wednesday, deepens the company's cooperation with Microsoft Corp, which is in the process of buying Skype to build up its web presence.

Zuckerberg said Facebook has hit a record 750 million users. The new service, rolling out from Wednesday, could be a huge boost for Skype, which currently has about 145 million regular users.

The partnership comes as competition heats up in the Internet market, with Facebook and Google, as well as fast-growing companies such as Groupon and Twitter, vying for billions of dollars in online advertising revenue.

Source : http://geo.tv/7-7-2011/83417.htm

Shahrukh Reviewed by Shahrukh on 8th Jul 2011. Facebook launches video chat with Skype http://geo.tv/7-7-2011/eng/7-7-2011_83417_l.jpg PALO ALTO: Facebook will add Skype video chat to its pages, aiming to spice up the appeal of the world's number one internet social networking service while fending off increased competition from Google. The agreement, announced by Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters on Wednesday, deepens the company's cooperation with Microsoft Corp, which is in the process of buying Skype to Rating: 5

[-saMmy-]

lol wow thats the new thing??

[Shahrukh]

Facebooks Wants To Compete with Google i guess

[-saMmy-]

i guess google cant compete facebook but who knows google is also the daddy

[Gh0st]

Doesn't Google have the video calling in feature on Gmail/Gtalk.

It could just add that, I don't think video call is as "awesome".

[Ar!yaN]

it will awesome , just one need left for fb users lol they will gmail when they got video call while chating easily @ fb