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Skype chat coming to a Facebook app near you

SOON Facebook users will be able to video chat with their friends. Facebook is developing a video chat function for the Facebook Messenger app which allows users to send mobile messages and photos to their friends and create group convers [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Facebook, Skype workshops offered for seniors?

Free classes are available to seniors wanting to connect with family and friends via Skype and Facebook, but don't know where to begin. The Fountains at The Carlotta is holding introductory workshops on Skype at 1 p.m. April 18; and F [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Skype adds new features to Facebook video calling

Facebook, Skype, and Microsoft (which now owns Skype) have been working together again to offer Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype. In November 2010, Facebook launched new features that brought together users chats, texts, email [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype integrates Facebook friends

Skype announced last week that Windows and Mac OS X users are now able to make video calls to Facebook users. The move comes after the two companies announced a partnership last month that would allow Facebook users to make video calls to [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype adds Facebook video chatting to software

Internet phone service Skype that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too. The free feature, released Thursday in a "beta" test version of Skype's software for Macs [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype Turns Happy Birthday Facebook Posts Into Sing-Alongs W...

Skype wants to make saying “happy birthday” on Facebook more interesting than a generic wall post. The company is launching a Facebook app on Tuesday that allows its fans to instead post a birthday song performed by a favorite [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype for Mac beta gets Facebook integration

Users of Skype on computers running Apple’s Mac OS X may soon chat or talk to their contacts without having to open their browsers, if a new beta of the software is fully developed. The latest beta of Skype for Mac allows users to m [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Zara Phillips declares Facebook dangerous, prefers Skype

Britain’s Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth’s eldest granddaughter, revealed in a recent interview that Facebook is not for her. Maybe it’s because she has a reputation for rebelliousness, and thus doesn’t want her cr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Skype 5.5 strengthens links with Facebook, boosts video perf...

Skype has announced the release of Skype for Windows 5.5. Its headline feature is deeper integration with Facebook. Once installed, you’ll be able to see which Facebook friends are online and chat directly from Skype itself, plus up [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Why Skype For Facebook Will Be a Dud

However, will this upcoming amazing announcement turn out to be a disappointment just like Facebook Messages did? I have to admit that those accidental "announcements" are somewhat confusing to me. Zuckerberg is pushing us to [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Analysis: Skype, better with Facebook than Google?

As two Internet powerhouses slug it out to tie the knot with Skype, Facebook looks likely to be a more aggressive suitor than Google, and the world's largest social network may make for a better fit. Reuters reported Wednesday that [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook, Google eye Skype deal

Facebook and Google are reportedly pondering either an acquisition of Skype or a joint venture and strategically the two buyers couldn't be more different. Reuters reports that Facebook and Google are pondering some sort of deal [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook, Skype and Angry Birds win first Appy Awards

The first Carphone Warehouse Appy Awards have been won by a range of mobile phone apps representing the web's biggest brands. Presented at a London awards ceremony hosted by Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, celebrities giving out [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook and Skype Mulling Potential Partnership

Soon you might be able to video conference with your Facebook friends. Facebook and Skype are rumored to have resumed talks about integrating video chatting technology on the social-networking site. Citing "two people familiar [...]