Skype For Browsers Is What Microsoft Is Hiring Engineers For

Few months ago, #-Link-Snipped-# for $8.5 billion and it was considered as 'smart' move by the industry insiders. Microsoft understands the importance of online video communication and acquiring Skype made perfect sense. Skype has a user base that spans across 200+ countries and several million users. But with the ever growing power of web browsers, Microsoft knows that it should port the Skype software to the web. Microsoft's recent job listings #-Link-Snipped-# Microsoft's strategy for Skype. The ad clearly reads "bring the Skype experience to the web".



Engineers who want to work on this project should have at least 5 years of development experience in the rich web-app domain. Of course you'd need to be expert in HTML5, C++, JAVA and C#. Are you applying?

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