If you use Facebook, you may see broader support of Skype on the network because of Microsoft's cozy relationship with the social network--it owns 1.6 percent of Facebook. This could result in you not only chatting with your friends live on Facebook, but to speak with them live, as well.

If you use Microsoft's cloud service, Windows Live Essentials, you could see Skype popping up in applications like Hotmail and Writer. You could have one address book for both Hotmail and Skype, for instance. From inside Writer, you might be able to launch collaboration chats through hooks into Skype. And you might find Windows Live Messenger looking very similar to Skype in the future.

Microsoft Office could be Skype-enabled, too. For example, calls to contacts in your Outlook address book could be placed directly to them through Skype.

In the gaming realm, Skype integration could be used to enhance Microsoft's Xbox LIVE and Kinect offerings by expanding the voice and video capabilities already supported by those platforms.