Facebook & Skype Rumour Sparks Up Again

Pipon reported a while back the rumours surrounding Facebook and Skype's collaboration on integrating a video chat feature on the biggest social-networking site, however nothing developed further from the rumours.

Now it seems just as internet users were giving up hope on what could be a powerful feature on Facebook, Bloomberg sparked the rumours giving more life by reporting last week, “Facebook Inc., the world’s biggest social-networking company, is holding talks with Skype Technologies SA about offering Web video calls to its 500 million users, two people familiar with the discussions said.”

Although still referred to as a rumours, this venture would benefit both companies and the internet marketing world by increasing the numbers of users, thus increasing the numbers of audiences to promotional marketing tools.

Pipon will be sure to report on any further development, but we can state that no confirmation of an announcement nor the amount of money it will cost.

How do you think this new feature will affect both Facebook and Skype?