Microsoft Launches Social Search Network
If Google+ had been around when Mark Zuckerberg was still at Harvard, the resulting network might have looked something like So.Cl, a project by the FUSE Labs in Microsoft Research that combines social networking with video chatrooms and search. Launched in beta in 2011, the site opened to the public over the weekend.
Much like Facebook’s founders, Microsoft’s research branch first tested its network in schools. So.Cl partnered with several colleges including University of Washington, Syracuse University, and New York University to see how students could use the site for the purposes of conducting research.
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