In Response To Google+ Hangouts, Facebook Rumored to Launch Video Chat 7/6

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From the Huffington Post:

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently promised that on July 6, Facebook would "launch something awesome" that the company's Seattle team developed. On Friday, Facebook distributed official invitations for a special event at its Paolo Alto headquarters on July 6.

Facebook's got something up its sleeve. But what?

TechCrunch claims to have an inside scoop that the social network has partnered with Skype to develop a video chat service, according to "a source with knowledge of the partnership."

Writes TechCrunch,
The product has been built on Skype and will include a desktop component. It’s not clear to me whether that means it will just work if a user has Skype already installed on the computer, or if additional software will need to be downloaded even if the user already uses Skype. But it’s clear that there’s very deep integration between the products, and from the user’s perspective, the product will be an in browser experience.

Google's newly launched social network (Google+) features a video chat feature (called Hangouts) that lets users chat one-on-one or in groups of up to 10. PCWorld predicts that the feature could grow into "serious competition" for Skype. Facebook currently does not offer a video chat feature.

There has also been speculation that Facebook may announce several other rumored works-in-progress, like an official iPad app, or even the super-secret Project Spartan mobile project.

Whatever is coming, we'll know after 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) on Wednesday, July 6.
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I wonder if a Skype contacts will sync to Facebook and vice versa?
 
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fuck Google+, fuck facebook, fuck poppa doc, fuck a trailer, fuck everybodyy, fuck ya'll if you doubt me, I'm a piece of fuckin' white trash I say it proudly
, and fuck this battle I don't wanna win, I'm outtie, here, tell these people somethin' they don't know about me
 
dreamache said:
lol, sounds like you really want google+ to make an impact (based on this and previous posts).
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I've just been using it a lot. The hangout video chat feature is insanely smooth and easy to use. It doesn't require an outside account (Skype) and it handles ten people at once without a hiccup. FB better have something really awesome planned for the integration or it'll just look like a hacked up attempt to play catchup to Google+.
 
Matters little; G+'s was first and everyone knows it.

Plus, you know G+ will be bringing that sweet-ass videochat to an android handset near you soon... Think FB can catch up with THAT somehow?
 
Not looking good on Facebooks part...Now they are playing catch up with Google+, and Google+ is still in beta.

Should be fun to watch this war.
 
lukep said:
Matters little; G+'s was first and everyone knows it.

Plus, you know G+ will be bringing that sweet-ass videochat to an android handset near you soon... Think FB can catch up with THAT somehow?
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Facebook is a hack, g+ is built better... Not some php -> php2cpp -> who knows what... Its hard to make a hack compete with a solid product.
 
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