After All this Marketing Hype, Facebook Came with Skype!

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1. Suraj says:
   Very Nice post. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful content!
2. faissal alhaithami says:
   I guess it is a smart great feature! Facebook actually want to make people do everything though their website! I remember when I was using MSN to chat with my friends, and now I don't even think about it and when i want to chat I go ahead to facebook! I think this is just anther smart deal from facebook.
3. Saim peter says:
   Lol yeah it will hurt your privacy seriously :-)
4. Louie says:
   Really? If I want to video chat I can just use Skype. I even turn off chat in Facebook because of too many friends wanting to chat with me.
5. James Martell says:
   I love Skype just the way it is as a standalone service. It concerns me that Microsoft bought Skype mainly because they'll probably mess it up. Mr. Zuck missed the mark with the announcement. Like you I though Facebook was announcing something to rebuttal the recent Google+ release (which seems to be all the rage at the moment). As for make a Skype call in Facebook. Sorry Facebook ...I don't care.
6. DiTesco says:
   I'm with you on this buddy. Don't really see what the big deal of Skype being in FB. I use Skype as a standalone app and I want to keep it that way. I just hope that one day, I have to use use "FB Skype" to use it. That would really be a bummer.
   • Hesham says:
     Well said buddy! Same here!
7. John Knights says:
   Well, the most popular video chat here in our country is Yahoo Messenger so I don't think this will work well for me since all of my contact are so much Skype fanatics. But having the idea of FB + Skype, well.. I don't really have any idea by this time what change it will bring to me/us..
   • Hesham says:
     This is good to know John, but I am not sure which country you are from!
     • John Knights says:
       We're from Philippines.. only few people here uses Skype. But I've noticed people here are starting to have their own Skype account now that FB have this feature.
8. KathyMM says:
   I think that this is the sign that Facebook is feeling the pressure of the Google Plus launch. They are well aware of the fate of MySpace and don't want history to repeat itself. Perhaps Facebook + Skype was anti-climatic but clearly they are ready to respond to the new challange which will probably be good for everybody in the end.
   • Hesham says:
     I some how agree with you Kathy, and I can imagine how both sides of the coin will look like! The good side is they will compete to make things better for us! But.. The bad side is we may be forced to try some new annoying features, and I really don't like to be a lab rats anymore!
9. andrea says:
   I really was expecting something bigger form facebook. It looks like they run out of good ideas and they really have no response to the google social network. Or maybe they think they don't have to respond to anything because Google is no threat.
   • Hesham says:
     I hope they have something in the kitchen for our table soon!
10. Will says:
    Sounds great! Brilliant news for skype especially. Bad news is it means i'm going to have to buy a web camera for my prehistoric laptop.
11. Chlee says:
    Wow... It's great...Is it work if iPhone?
12. Dragan Mestrovic says:
    How businesses go to use the Facebook Video Calling feature to interact with their target audience on Facebook is up on them! But there is no question that this feature offers great opportunities to interact with potential and existing customers in real time as they are on facebook.
13. limo says:
    well, it was quite obvious from the start when Facebook joined hands with skype that soon it is gonna launch it's video chat after Google+ announced it...so this should not be taken as a surprise but as move of a afraid person!!
14. Fisayo says:
    LOL, Now, we can FaceSkype our friends anywhere in the world!
    • Hesham says:
      Yeap.. this is true LOL!
15. Suraj says:
    I'm more social on facebook but with very few friends on skype, I'm not sure enough will this work for me!
    • Hesham says:
      I have the same feeling, it was actually my motivation to write this post!
16. Vijayraj Reddy says:
    I think Facebook has taken Google plus seriously, so they upgrading all possible features...
    • Hesham says:
      mmmm a partnership like this between two huge companies will not planned in a week or two, I think that Facebook was working on the deal before Google Plus came to the light! Anyways, I don't see it as a big deal, but for both companies it's really big deal as they will make a lot of money!
17. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Hesham, Not quite sure about this yet. I need to see it in action, to offer an opinion. I like the idea of integration, but sometimes it can be too much. I also see the point of some of the commentators; any idea that can bring people closer, is not a bad idea, really. Sometimes I feel like there's too much intrusion - for a moment - then I realize what it was like to have 5 friends on Facebook, instead of over 4400. I feel grateful for my network, and am happy to connect with them through as many media as possible. As I mentioned though, I need to see it in action before I share my take ;) Thanks for sharing your insight with us Hesham! Ryan
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Ryan, I think we all love integration, there is nothing bad in this at all! It's just that the idea wasn't interesting to me some how, probably because I am not living in the state of Facebook like many other people :) Thank you my friend for stopping by, much appreciated.
18. Dan Harris says:
    I completely agree with your take on FB adding Skype. Nothing personal against skype, but there are other more reliable video phone options out there. May be a blackeye for FB in the end
19. Maggie says:
    I think it's a bold idea and a good one at that. Nobody on this hemisphere that I know uses Skype (maybe only 10% of my Facebook friends) so I think it's what's been holding Skype back. Unless you are calling internationally a lot, you don't use it at all. Hopefully this will encourage wider adoption in the US for purposes other than international calls. Good move for Microsoft (who now owns Skype) and Facebook!
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Maggie, Exactly, this is why Facebook made the deal with Microsoft, they are going to make a lot of profits by growing their clients instantly, I mean think about it, someone give you an easy way to make calls, you will simply use it! Of course I am not talking here about the normal free Skype to Skype calls, but Facebook and Microsoft will make huge amount of money from the paid calls, so this should be exciting for the two companies, but for people like you and me, this will not make a big difference! I personally do a lot of international calls every week and I use Skype since two years back, the thing here is whither Skype is integrated into my Facebook account or not, I really won't use it, I will instead continue using Skype app which I have installed on my laptop and iPad! And, same as you, I hope this will benefit people, there is nothing bad in integrating more technologies in our life! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts, I really appreciate it.
20. Mohamed Osam says:
    Reminds me of all the fuss eBay did when they first acquired Skype! Although different situation (acquisition vs. partnership), but still similar from the perspective that both eBay and Facebook might/may not be sure what to do with it exactly. I believe it was just a move by Zuckerberg to respond to Google+1. He had to do something, but this?! Seriously? Zuckerberg needs to step-up his game a bit or soon Facebook will be just another case like Yahoo.
21. Cheryl says:
    I currently have a few skype friends and only answer closer friends on chat. There are some folks I would love to "see" when we text or chat and maybe skype will work. As for Facebook's big wow. Only a sorta wow!
    • Hesham says:
      This is why I think it's a big win for both companies, not for users!