{"id":645765,"date":"2013-03-07T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T14:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=134854"},"modified":"2013-03-07T09:44:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T14:44:18","slug":"microsoft-teases-skype-integration-with-outlook-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645765","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft teases Skype integration with Outlook.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-123778\" title=\"Skype video chat\" src=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Skype-video-chat-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Little over two weeks ago Microsoft took down the &#8220;opening soon&#8221; digital cardboard sign and <a title=\"Microsoft takes Outlook live\" href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2013\/02\/19\/microsoft-takes-outlook-live\/\" >officially introduced Outlook.com<\/a> into the wild as a stable product. And if you&#8217;re already a user or if you have seen the commercials, then you already know that the email service delivers Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter integration, among other supported cloud services.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s one that is still missing, and a very important product integration at that &#8212; Skype. In mid-May 2011 <a title=\"Microsoft snags Skype for a hefty $8.5B\" href=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/2011\/05\/10\/microsoft-snags-skype-for-a-hefty-8-5b\/\" >Microsoft purchased<\/a> the popular voice, video and text chatting service for $8.5 billion, a not so small chunk of change by any means. Naturally, in the cloud-connected era, integration with the software giant&#8217;s cloud products is the next logical step, especially in the midst of heavy competition from Google which, for instance, includes Google Talk integration with Gmail.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has released a new commercial for Outlook.com which takes users through all the important features like the clean design, Office web app and social network integration before taking a surprising turn. When showcasing the Messaging panel, Outlook.com also sports two big buttons underneath the text input box with video camera and phone pictograms. Needless to say that&#8217;s video and audio calling, in layman terms, with Skype powering the new functionality straight from Outlook.com.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter icons after a big &#8220;connected&#8221; with the Skype logo ending the video alongside a &#8220;coming soon&#8221; sign. It is worth noting that Joe Belfiore, Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Phone manager, also said that Skype integration will make its way <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joebelfiore\/status\/307629606708584448\" >to the People hub in Windows Phone<\/a>\u00a0as well, but again with the same &#8220;coming soon&#8221; estimate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-624661p1.html\">Goodluz <\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\" >Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tUGvkIkWcWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=JaIUC9qfAwo:57q0ZVuZYAo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=JaIUC9qfAwo:57q0ZVuZYAo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/bn\/~4\/JaIUC9qfAwo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little over two weeks ago Microsoft took down the &#8220;opening soon&#8221; digital cardboard sign and officially introduced Outlook.com into the wild as a stable product. 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