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Headline: Comparing Facebook, Google Video Chat Features
Summary: Facebook’s got Skype-integrated video chat. Google has ‘Hangouts’, which allows up to ten people to video chat at once.
Image: Google/Facebook http://www.google.com and http://www.facebook.com
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Facebook-- and Google.
Two tech titans battling it out for social media turf.
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Circles (VO_Circles)--versus lists. (GFX_Lists)
+1-- versus “like”. (both GFX _+1 and _Like)
And now-- Hangouts (VO_hangouts)-- versus video calling. (VO_videocalling)
(VO_Google+)(:-06-xxx)
On June 29th- Google launched Google+
(VO_GoogleHangouts)
A social media platform complete with a group chat option called “hangouts”
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And just a few days later-- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this--
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Skype video-chat integration.
So how does it stack up to the “hangout” video chat format in Google+?
(Side by side)(VO_Googlehangouts)(VO_FacebookVid)
The biggest difference--
Facebook’s video calling feature is one-on-one.
While the G+ hangout allows up to ten people to video chat at once.
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The more the merrier, right? Depends on who you ask. Emil Protalinski writes for ZDNet-
Google triumphs for technicality.
Facebook wins for practicality.
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“If I fire up Facebook Chat right now, approximately 10 percent of my Facebook friends are on my contact list. Half of them are online, and I can ask them to video chat...If I open up Google+ right now, one person is available to use the video chat feature. In other words, the multi-video chat aspect is completely useless to me.”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-video-calling-vs-google-hangouts-analysis/2046
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But TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington says- both features are good- for different things.
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“...for now, there’s really no comparison between the products. Facebook video chat is great to talk to friends one at a time. Google Hangouts is great for group chat. There’s no real overlap between the products at all.”
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/06/facebook-video-chat-google-hangouts/
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And a Fortune blogger adds- Google+ and its video hangouts aren’t likely to draw crowds of users away from Facebook...
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“But after today, the question that has long dogged Google -- whether it can innovate in the social space and not just develop creative duds -- should be put to rest. For the first time in a while, social media is a two-horse race.”
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/07/06/facebook-google-social/
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Zuckerberg says he isn’t ruling out adding a group video chat feature to Facebook in the future.
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Summary: Facebook’s got Skype-integrated video chat. Google has ‘Hangouts’, which allows up to ten people to video chat at once.
Image: Google/Facebook http://www.google.com and http://www.facebook.com
(AOC)
Facebook-- and Google.
Two tech titans battling it out for social media turf.
(CUBE)
Circles (VO_Circles)--versus lists. (GFX_Lists)
+1-- versus “like”. (both GFX _+1 and _Like)
And now-- Hangouts (VO_hangouts)-- versus video calling. (VO_videocalling)
(VO_Google+)(:-06-xxx)
On June 29th- Google launched Google+
(VO_GoogleHangouts)
A social media platform complete with a group chat option called “hangouts”
(AOC)
And just a few days later-- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this--
(VO_FacebookVid)(:04-xxx)
Skype video-chat integration.
So how does it stack up to the “hangout” video chat format in Google+?
(Side by side)(VO_Googlehangouts)(VO_FacebookVid)
The biggest difference--
Facebook’s video calling feature is one-on-one.
While the G+ hangout allows up to ten people to video chat at once.
(AOC)
The more the merrier, right? Depends on who you ask. Emil Protalinski writes for ZDNet-
Google triumphs for technicality.
Facebook wins for practicality.
(GFX_ZDnet)
“If I fire up Facebook Chat right now, approximately 10 percent of my Facebook friends are on my contact list. Half of them are online, and I can ask them to video chat...If I open up Google+ right now, one person is available to use the video chat feature. In other words, the multi-video chat aspect is completely useless to me.”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-video-calling-vs-google-hangouts-analysis/2046
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But TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington says- both features are good- for different things.
(GFX_TechCrunch)
“...for now, there’s really no comparison between the products. Facebook video chat is great to talk to friends one at a time. Google Hangouts is great for group chat. There’s no real overlap between the products at all.”
http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/06/facebook-video-chat-google-hangouts/
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And a Fortune blogger adds- Google+ and its video hangouts aren’t likely to draw crowds of users away from Facebook...
(GFX_Fortune)
“But after today, the question that has long dogged Google -- whether it can innovate in the social space and not just develop creative duds -- should be put to rest. For the first time in a while, social media is a two-horse race.”
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/07/06/facebook-google-social/
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Zuckerberg says he isn’t ruling out adding a group video chat feature to Facebook in the future.
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