Facebook And Google Looking At A Potential Deal With Skype

An interesting little tidbit coming out of Reuters just now, with reports that both Facebook and Google are contemplating deals with online communication firm, Skype.

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Citing their own sources, Reuters believes Facebook is considering a buyout as well as a join-venture deal with Skype after the Luxembourg outfit delayed its IPO.

The same sources believe Google is also looking into a potential joint venture, though nobody is saying which company Skype is favoring at this time.

Auction firm eBay has already had a go at bringing Skype to the masses with no success, though both Facebook and Google have wildly different audiences to that of eBay.

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