http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-05/facebook-is-said-to-resume-talks-with-skype-on-video-calling.html
The link above is to an article that discusses a potential team up between Skype and Facebook. According to the article, Facebook and Skype are working on integrating Skype's video conferencing features into Facebook. This would allow Facebook to compete with both Apple and Google; both companies have introduced video conferencing technology in the past year. While there are no official announcements yet regarding this potential integration, it makes sence for both sides. For Skype, it allows millions of users to be introduced to a service that otherwise would have been ignored. For Facebook, it allows them to enhance their service and allow them to compete more effectively against Apple and Google. In addition, this broadens Facebook's horizontal integration. For example, users can now accomplish many activities through Facebook that they otherwise would have had to use another website to accomplish.
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