![]() for $8.5 billion in a deal expected to close by the end of the year. ![]() Skype has agreed to be bought by Microsoft Corp. Without mentioning Google by name, Zuckerberg said that “independent entrepreneurs and companies focused on one particular thing will always do better than companies that try to do everything.”įor Facebook, that one thing has been creating an online social infrastructure that other companies, such as Skype, can then add their own products to. ![]() Currently, people share 4 billion items, such as photos, status updates and links, every day using Facebook. That number is growing at a much faster rate than its monthly user base. Rather, Facebook is paying more attention to how much its users are sharing with one another. Zuckerberg said that’s because “we don’t think it’s a metric to watch anymore.” As AP explained:įacebook updated its user count - to 750 million users worldwide - for the first time since last summer, when it reached half a billion people. Mark Zuckerberg explained the lack of updates since last summer’s 500 million announcement as a shift in focus for the company. In addition to video calls, Facebook will roll out a sidebar that showcases the people that users message most and allows users to incorporate group chat.įacebook also updated their total user count, which now stands at 750 million users worldwide. Zuckerberg said that he wouldn’t “undersell” one-to-one chat, when asked about Google +, adding that the launch of the network is “validation” of his theory that the next five years in tech are about building apps for the social world. But Google + allows for up to 10 people to video chat at once, whereas Facebook’s service is currently limited to one-on-one calls. ![]() With the video calling feature, Facebook is more equipped to handle mounting competition from Google and its Google + network, which offers video chat as a main feature. ![]()
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