Face to Face

Facebook users are sure to ‘Like’ this piece of news. The networking site has launched an application for video chatting and calling,after finalising a deal with Skype,the internet calling service. Built right into chat,all conversations start from the same place. “To call your friend,just click the video call button at the top of your chat window. For those of us who have been working on this,it’s particularly exciting to bring video calling to over 750 million people. We’re making this available in over 70 different languages,so friends can stay in touch,” says Philip Su,an engineer on the video calling team,who will be making his first video call to his parents back in Maryland,USA.

Next on Facebook is a multi-person chat feature. “It is one of our most requested features. Now when your friends can’t figure out what movie to see,you can just add them to a chat and decide together. To include more friends in your conversation,simply select ‘Add Friends to Chat,” he says.