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A few months ago, we started working with Skype to bring video calling to Facebook,” Facebook announced on its blog. “We built it right into chat, so all your conversations start from the same place. To call your friend, just click the video call button at the top of your chat window.”

Today Facebook will make an awesome announcement at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST). It's rumored to be a more in depth partnership with Skype, which will integrate.

The tech world and beyond gathered yesterday for another big Facebook platform announcement.

Our social network members support us throughout the year," said CMA Chief Executive Officer STEVE MOORE. "They are loyal to the CMA brand and our events. So, it is terrific when we can share exciting news with them first."

The CMA AWARDS will air on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th at 8p (ET) on ABC-TV, live from the BRIDSTONE ARENA in NASHVILLE.

The group chat feature will let users chat with multiple friends at once by selecting "Add Friends to Chat." According to Facebook, 50 percent of users are using the Groups feature, for things like co-ordinating events. Users can add friends that are not online at the time, and those friends will receive a summary of the chat later on.

The announcement comes just as Google launched its own social network called Google+, which emphasized privacy and had features like group chat and video calling built in.

Zuckerberg said Facebook's video chat will work through a partnership with Skype.

Facebook doesn’t let more than two participate in video chats. Skype has group chats, but it costs users $9 per month. Facebook does warn users that some computers may have hardware or software compatibility issues with the service.

Tom Anderson’s last post on MySpace was on March 1.

On his Facebook page, which seems wrong, he said, “I started MySpace in 2003, it sold in 2005 to NewsCorp for $580 million, and I stayed there to run it until April 2009. Now a new owner bought MySpace from News Corp. I'm not a fan of the new MySpace, though the team's heart was in the right place. Maybe the new owner has good ideas.

Facebook users and Skype's 663 million registers users, of which 42.2 million are average daily "active" users (2009 was last active users stat I could find). Imagine being able to see your friend's presence info and then chat, voice, or even video call them over 3G data or a WiFi connection. But the implications go deeper. Since everyone seems to be on Facebook, you wouldn't even need PSTN numbers any more.