So.cl:the new social site!!
So.cl : Microsoft‘s Social Networking Site !!! Categories: Microsoft , News , Social Networks In the shadow of a week (and weekend) filled with Facebook-related news, Microsoft has quietly launched its own social network that has been in development for almost a year. This social network, called So.cl , is said to help students connect with one another – a concept that early adopters of Facebook know well (and often miss). However, it’s clear So.cl is not designed to compete with Facebook. Microsoft says So.cl (pronounced “social”) “is an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.” The primary focus of So.cl is helping “people find and share interesting web pages in the way students do when they work together” by combining social networking and search. Microsoft is sneaky in the way they present the focus of So.cl, which seems to be designed speci