Soon after the launch of the public IPO of social network giant Facebook, Microsoft also unveiled its social networking thing So.cl (pronounced as "Social") which was being put behind the curtains before but leaked due to some issue.
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| Homepage of So.cl |
As per on the So.cl's FAQs page :
What is So.cl?
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.
- So.cl combines social networking and search, to help people find and share interesting web pages in the way students do when they work together.
- So.cl helps you create rich posts, by assembling montages of visual web content.
- To encourage interaction and collaboration, So.cl provides rich media sharing, and real time sharing of videos via "video parties."
According to Microsoft "So.cl combines search and social networking for the purpose of learning and is the latest experiment from FUSE Labs". The search task is carried out by Bing search engine.The main focus is on young generations and students.
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| Landing Page once you create account |
Since this site relies on Facebook/Windows live accounts of users to log in, it can't be considered to be a Facebook competitor.
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| Choose and Follow your interest |
If we take a closer look on this networking thing, you will feel that it's a kind of cocktail of Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook and Google+.
Similar to facebook's share button, So.cl also provide "Share on So.cl" button to allow user to share their stuffs on So.cl.
One more interesting feature is "Video parties" that enables users to search and view vidoes that can share with other users.
Whatever buzzes are around over the internet, this networking site appears with a fresh look which may apeal to users. Now it's open for all users. Just join here and enjoy searching with benefits of social networking.
Also feel free to mention what's your take on this new site.
Till then, Happy Socializing, Happy Networking. ;-)
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