Facebook debuts video calling

Summary: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces a new Skype-powered video-calling feature that will begin rolling out to Facebook users immediately. Video connections will be nearly instant, with no downloads or technical expertise required, Zuckerberg says.Facebook Video Calling vs. Google+ HangoutsFacebook tries to box in Google+ as so five years agoFacebook announces video calling, powered by Skype

July 6, 2011 -- 12:58 GMT (05:58 PDT)

Topic: Social Enterprise

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What is the tech?

Flash? HTML5? Silverlight? Java? Something proprietary?

x I'm tc

6 July, 2011 14:15

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RE: Facebook debuts video calling

So, where did Mark steal this idea from? Lemme see....

Just joking...

The Douginator

6 July, 2011 16:07

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I like the little mouse icon that stays in the center of the video the entire time.. <img border="0" src="http://www.cnet.com/i/mb/emoticons/happy.gif" alt="happy"> Haha Sounds like fun though. Are they going to integrate this into the Facebook apps for phone with front facing cameras?

MallusLittera

8 July, 2011 10:49

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Also Google+ already has something similar to this called a "hangout"

MallusLittera
8 July, 2011 13:26

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RE: Facebook debuts video calling

it isn't a new innovation, but it's just a new feature for Facebook which we can find on lot of communication web site.....

girinformatique

11 July, 2011 16:35

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RE: Facebook debuts video calling

it will nice tussle to see on Facebook and Google+

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29 July, 2011 07:35

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Come on we are in 2011, there's absolutely nothing new in video chat, it has been around forever by now...

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1 August, 2011 22:27

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