Facebook announced a partnership with Skype to add video chat in its pages and come up with an answer to the competition offered lately by Google+. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg made the public announcement Wednesday at the company's center in Palo Alto, California but it seems that everything depends on the understanding that they’ll make with Microsoft Corp that recently bought Skype.
Given Facebook's popularity that currently have 750 million users, Skype is likely to benefit from incorporation of a free video chat on Facebook and probably we’ll see an infusion of users and a greater popularity that will allow Skype sell online products more easily.
Agreement between Facebook and Skype will come as an answer to the functionality offered by Google + which allows users to participate in videoconferences consist of up to 10 people. Also Microsoft will probably make the most of this from buying Skype because they already own 1.6% of Facebook.
It remains to be seen whether this announcement will materialize in a stable collaboration and when exactly the new functionality will be implemented.