Facebook Video Chat Capability

In another interesting turn of events, Skype is partnering up with Facebook to offer video chat in the site.  It's interesting that newly rolled out Google+ Hangouts offers video conferencing. 

Competition is this space has been needed for awhile since MySpace has dwindled.  Most likely this apparent chess game between the social media giants will be a win for consumers.

Read more at TechCrunch:  Facebook Will Launch In-Browser Video Chat Next Week In Partnership With Skype

Google Takes On Facebook

Google rolled out Google + today as an alternative (competitor) to Facebook. 

Mashable calls it the "company’s most ambitious social project to date."    The Washington Post states that "there’s essentially nothing in Google + that doesn’t already exist in another Web service, and so the company is probably hoping that adopters will want to move their social efforts to one, centralized location.

See the demo here.

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To find the candidates it wants as quickly as possible, the search engine company is using software to sift through old resumes, reaching out to less prestigious universities than in the past and speeding up its hiring process. Chances are, if you apply for a job at Google, you'll get a yes or no on whether you'll be hired within weeks rather than months.

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