{"id":3597,"date":"2011-05-10T11:59:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2011-05-10T11:59:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T15:59:38","slug":"microsoft-buys-skype-will-add-360-kinect-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/microsoft-buys-skype-will-add-360-kinect-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Buys Skype; Will Add 360, Kinect Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/skype_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3598\" title=\"skype_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/skype_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/skype_logo.jpg 626w, http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/skype_logo-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A huge deal was announced today in the tech world, when  Microsoft revealed that it had purchased internet communication service  Skype for $8.5 billion. Microsoft plans to bring Skype to the 360,  saying that Skype will support devices like Xbox and Kinect. When this  is implemented, it will allow Xbox Live users to connect with Lync,  Outlook and other communities. No time frame has been announced for the  eventual rollout of the Skype  services for the 360.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people  around the world,\u201d said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a statement  \u201cTogether we will create the future of real-time communications so  people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and  colleagues anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How a Skype connected Xbox with Kinect will work, what it will do  exactly and how it will look remains to be seen, but it will certainly  make for an interesting E3 press event for Microsoft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A huge deal was announced today in the tech world, when Microsoft revealed that it had purchased internet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3599,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3597\/revisions\/3599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}