Google engaged on video chat for Chrome, Skype cowers in fear

Beware Skype , Google Chrome is comin’ for ya. Not long after releasing WebRTC audio and video chat software as open-source, Google has began to integrate these capabilities into its prized browser. Trying to move past the played out features of Gmail and Google Voice , the corporate is planning for WebRTC to be a leader for video conferencing and online chatting. The software was introduced as royalty-free, too, even promising to work with other browsers devs (namely Mozilla and Opera) to flesh out the project. Which means that anyone building a domain could make use of the hot tech, and in theory, construct their very own personal Skype battering ram. With the corporate being pro-web apps on all fronts, this can be another breakthrough in its quest to bring the aforementioned technology as much as par with native apps. Is that this one of the dominoes to fall inside the web-based app takeover, no less than with regards to Chrome OS? It alright can be, especially if companies would rather see the traffic in-browser vs. within a local app. Now, if only Instagram can make use of that dusty webcam…