Microsoft Quietly Launches Potential Facebook Competitor So.cl
On the heels of the highly anticipated Facebook initial public offering, tech biggie Microsoft made a hush-hush entrance into the social networking arena, unleashing its So.cl experiment from beta-testing.
On the heels of the highly anticipated Facebook initial public offering, tech biggie Microsoft made a hush-hush entrance into the social networking arena, unleashing its So.cl experiment from beta-testing.
The social network, known as So.cl (pronounced “social”), which we began hearing about in December, is currently only available to college students, reported Mashable and CNET.
Deemed an “experimental research project,” rather than a product (sounds rather mumbo-jumbo, no?), the aim of So.cl is to combine Web browsing, search, and social-networking to allow students to share materials (search results) for academic purposes.
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