Apr 23
Facebook Chat launched in Norway
Last night the tech crew of Facebook evidently focused partly on Norway. After a good nights sleep the chat app integrated in Facebook meet us. It’s not global news, other regions has already testet it, but new for the 4.5 million people living in Norway.
There’s nothing sensational about Facebook Chat. However there is some things that make this interesting to follow regarding market share in the “instant messaging world”.
- No need for any download. Once your’re logged into Facebook your chat is available
- The popularity of Facebook (still hot among the average user)
- No need for finding your friends twice. They are already defined through Facebook
- No new account needed (we got a cuple of hundred on the web already)
We will follow the market (and specially MSN) close in the near future.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
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April 24th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
This is bad news for MSN. In my personal perspective their service is already dying with less and less people logging on (based solely on my friends list). I have about 60 contacts at Windows Live and 300+ at Facebook. I think I just lost the incentive to ask people who I want to chat with for their WLM info…
And knowing Facebook’s generous tactics of offering up their API, there’s a possibility we’ll see apps supporting their protocol soon.
Adium + Facebook = Sweet
May 10th, 2008 at 2:35 am
For those who are wondering about my clairvoyant abilities, yes, I can predict the future: http://adiumx.com/blog/2008/05/facebook-chat-in-adium/