Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO promised the press last week that Facebook would be a launching an "awesome" new product on July 6 that the company's Seattle team developed. Facebook sent out the press invitations on Friday with just a vague message "Please join us for an event at Facebook" on the invite.

Since Zuckerberg's mysterious announcement tech websites have been speculating madly about the new product. Some reports have thought that the new Facebook product would be a desktop component given the fact that the company has been hiring desktop software designers in Seattle. According to a report on Techcrunch a source within the company says that the social network giant will launch a new video chat product, powered by Skype that works in browser. Given that the invitation to the event has chat icons as its main theme this could be a very important clue to the entire thing.

It's still not clear if the product will work independent of Skype being installed on the desktop or if users will need to download additional software. It's clear that there will be some sort of integration between Facebook and Skype and it could very well be in a new browser experience.

This isn't the first time Facebook and Skype worked together but this partnership if proven to be the actual cause of the announcement could have a serious impact on Skype in particular. Facebook has more than 750 million users; if Skype integrates into Facebook it could mean an explosion in Skype users. The new partnership isn't a one-way street; Facebook will get a massive leg-up if users will start using the social media site to chat via voice or video.

Another reason why a Skype and Facebook partnership is even more likely is the recent Google+ social website. Google's site has a video chat feature that lets users chat one-on-one or in groups of up to 10. Facebook doesn't have a video chat feature and Google's new site could be Facebook and even Skype's serious competitor. It would make sense for the two to join forces to go up against Google+.