Skype officially becomes a new business division within Microsoft

14TH OCTOBER 2011 by MATT BRIAN

Six days after it got EU approval for its acquisition of Skype, Microsoft has officially announced the world’s number one VOIP service will become a new business division within the company, welcoming the real-time communications company and its employees all over the world.

The announcement follows an $8.5 billion acquisition in May, which both companies approved, but had to wait for anti-competition and regulatory approvals before the merge became official. READ THE FULL ARTICLE: TheNextWeb

Google+ opened up to all, Hangouts go mobile

Google has announced that it has opened up Google+ sign-ups to all, bringing the service out of its invite-only shell.

Not only has it made the service available to everybody, it has also announced it is bringing one of its more impressive features to mobile phones – Hangouts.

Hangouts is the group chat service which is direct competition with the likes of Skype and, to a lesser degree, Facebook. READ THE FULL ARTICLE + VIDEO: TechRadar