It looks like Facebook, feel like Google Plus - but it's not just a social network. What Microsoft is building in Socl.com?
Secretary of visual action. Socl
Microsoft is testing a new social service called Socl.com, according to a site theverge.com. The site emphasizes that it may be that only a research project, not necessarily the product is launched - but notes that according to rumors about Microsoft's open inspection are welcome any time soon. Last July reported that Microsoft is working on a social network Socl.com domain is found, and the company also revealed (accidentally, according to her) minimalist landing page service (called Tulalip) enabling users to connect to it through Facebook and Twitter accounts. Currently the service address does not show any page and is not at all costs.
According to the report, the site was built HTML5 technology and does not require the use of supplements.He did not complete social network designed for everything, even though visually it reminds the Facebook.He has three columns, and news feed, and RSS media activity. The emphasis is on the search pane. This shows the sentence "What are you looking for?" And allows to make a series of Bing search engine results and results of social networks to which the user registered. You can also advertise the search query as a row of status - and thus allow other users to react to it. Or as you put it in The Verge, "with Socl you have the option to publish your feed you are looking for" Live covers of Prince, "or you" is a performance by Prince. "In the first case, so Microsoft hopes, friends (you can add in Socl Friends list in a similar manner to that of existing social networks) will see the public query and answer it. They can also click on 'Lake' (of Facebook) or to label it.
The emphasis is on search
Facebook will not change
You can see a video with the guys
According to the report of The Verge, Secretary Socl service not only Facebook, but also the Google-plus - for example Bfitz'r called "video conference", allowing users to view YouTube videos with other members connected in parallel - similar to Google Hangouts Lapitz'r Plus Google. Unlike the two social networks - Socl not allowing your friends into categories / circuits. Nor can tag friends or even send them private messages. The impression is that Microsoft is not intended to be a substitute for the Socl Facebook (which has invested money), but a network designed to share what the user does and what he was looking for.
"Socl should show better how social network or another search tool can help users find information they need," concluded in The Verge. "Without support for mobile devices or integration with the rest of the world, Microsoft - the service has a high hill to climb"
