According to various sources, the new upcoming Facebook iPhone messenger will have inbuilt Skype/video chat integration, to allow you to video chat with online Facebook friends. What’s more interesting is the fact that the company is supposedly working on a dedicated app for the iPad, since they have got huge back-appeal for the sloppy in-built chat in the iPad app.

[9to5Mac]

Google’s recently announced Google+ is now open to anyone who would like a refreshing change. So no more need for invites. Google noted that it has added 100 new changes which include 91 in the website along with 9 major in the mobile apps.

Notable changes include

A new “Hangouts on Air” option allows users to live broadcast to up to nine different people. Hangouts can now be named. A screen sharing function has been added to Hangouts. Users can now share and view a sketchpad directly inside Hangouts Google Docs can be viewed and shared inside Hangouts. Google+ members can now search for other users from the social network directly and Google+ will return results [...]

The Skype for Mac app has been finally updated to support a full host of features, including HD video, group video calling, group screen sharing, and also brings OS Lion support. The Facebook chat module is now also integrated in the client.

 

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Lion Support & HD Video Calls with Skype 5.3 for Mac OS X  

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Skype has also added Facebook live chat to their windows client. Skype 5.3 for windows enables people logged into Skype to talk to their Facbook friends via an easy interface.

Import your Facebook News Feed to keep up with the latest from your friends. Comment, Like and call them direct from Skype. Update your Facebook status from Skype, too.

Get all the latest Skype features plus send instant messages direct to Facebook chat. See when your friends on Facebook are online and get in touch in one click.

 

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Facebook has just announced Facebook Video calls, in partnership with Skype. The Video feature embeds directly into Facebook chat and is a free to use service.

There were three major announcements today.

 

Group chat(“an easier way to find someone who is online”) Skype-enabled video chat 750 million Facebook members

 

In a direct approach the Member downloads a tiny Skype applet .jar file and Facebook Video chat becomes available. Users can now click the video button in the chat module to initiate a [...]

Microsoft has been given the US antitrust approval for the large acquisition of Skype for its VOIP integrations within all of its offerings including, and not limiting to, Windows, Xbox and Zune. The total cost of this is set at US $8.5 Billion and the transfer of funds will commence and end in one single sweep.

Microsoft will be updating the Skype APIs to make them usable within their own infrastructure, and should be updating the end user clients very very soon. Microsoft has constantly repeated that existing Skype users will and should  not be affected by the new changes.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 has

Android 3.0 (Honeycomb tablet) 10.1-inch display Price of  $450 Dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 at 1GHz 16GB of onboard storage 2-megapixel front-facing camera 5-megapixel rear camera, 8 hours of battery life 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR MicroSD card slot that supports up to 32GB

The device is now available from local vendors and reatails merchants like Best Buy in the US for 450 US$ or approximately 20,000/- INR. Pretty steep for a wifi only Tab if you ask us!