Microsoft to buy Skype for $8.5 billion

Microsoft  Corp. Have Made A Biggest ever acquisition, In over Three Decades of Company's History To Buy Internet Telephone Service Provider And Famous Video Messenger Skype With an Impressive $8.5 Billion .

This was announced in a Press meet in San Francisco that was held by Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft Clevery Moved Its Steps in An Attempt To Take The Internet Market .This Deal Would Defineltly Bolster The Presence of Software Gaint In Highly Competitive Internet Market.
In An Attempt To Be Ahead Of Google and Cisco,Who Are Already Been Doing Their Own Software in Voice And Video Commuincation,Microsoft Opt For This Buyout.

The Largest deal Clearly Shows The Intention Of Microsoft To Compete With its Rivals Such As Google Inc, And Apple.It Shows The Courage Of Microsoft,How Far It Could Go And How Desperate Its In need Of Grabbing the Top Position In Internet Market.It Made a Jaw Dropping Deal Of $8.5 Billion ,Agaisnt Its Company's Estimated Worth of $48 Billion.Which Accounts To Nearly 18% .Microsoft's Last Big Deal was The $6 Billion Purchase Of An Advertising Firm aQuantive And A Deal With Facebook in 2007.
 Probably In one way or The Other the Winner Would Be Facebook.(Facebook outBid Skype In past)
With microsoft As a Common Part In Skype And Facebook ,It Can Access The Assets Of Skype As We All know About The Interest Of microsoft in Facebook .Its Special Interest May be To Supress the Undisturbed Reign of Google .
Now Facebook Can use Skype’s peer-to-peer network to offer video and voice services to the users of Facebook Chat.

Microsoft's interest in the money-losing, but popular service highlights a need to gain new customers for its Windows and Office software.
Skype which was already being the top in messengers with over 500 million users and 8.1 million paying users.Reports say skype users spend Over 520 million minutes taking to one Another.
Skype has 145 million users on average each month and has gained favor among small business users.
Skype Has Been Loosing Its Revenue In Recent Times .The Only source Of Income For Skype Is From Users Who Intend To Make Long Distant Calls.
It May USe Skype To support Its Devices Such as Gaming Console Xbox,Kinect And Windows 7( It Doesnt Have Skype Support).Microsoft Will Connect The Skype USers with Lync,Outlook,Xbox Live And Windows Messenger Could Take a New Look And Interface.


Read more Information on Yahoo News And Skype Blog.

Facebook, Skype integrate their services

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Internet telephone Service provider,famous video conferencing messenger skype and social networking gaint  officially  announced a major partnership of integrating the facebook news feed and activity into skype .
Skype,the site, which allows free internet voice and video calling, announced the changes in a video posted on its official blog.


This was one of the major partnerships facebook made in recent times after the deal with bing search engine.

Facebook wants to go more social with this launch and  continue its triumph in social networking field.it made a huge deal with skype which was already being the top in messengers with over 500 million users and 8.1 million paying users.reports say skype users spend Over 520 million minutes taking to one Another.

Skype released a new version of its software ,skype 5.0 for windows platform which comes with inherent features to integrate with facebook.in new skype user is allowed to Have a new tab where user can see the facebook news feed.with this new client you can now interact with your facebook from your skype by just opening a facebook tab, you con post status updates within skype and call your facebook friends and send sms directly to their mobiles from skype. And if your facebook friend is also a skype contact then users can make free skype to skype calls. Group video calling is available in beta form as a Free trail.

You can get skype 5.0, brand new version for your windows platform by clicking here.

However there has been no Announcement of skype for mac or linux platforms. Soon or later they may make it available .