MICROSOFT IS preparing its own social network named “Socl,” Thomas Huston at The Verge reports.
Huston got a look at the social network. It sounds and sounds like your basic set-up:
Ignoring for the moment that the interface looks a lot like that other social network, Socl offers a bare bones, three column layout, with basic navigation in the left rail, a social feed down the middle, and invites and video party options (more on that soon) on the right.As usual, you can follow other friends, but you won’t find any list-making tools. Core to the experience is the large search field at the top that asks, “What are you searching for?” effectively creating a new type of status update. You can also toggle the field to a traditional status update.
Does the world need another social network? Of course not.
We understand why Google is doing Google+. It has zero access to Facebook data, and it wants to make search more social. It wants to have more data on its users.
Microsoft on the other hand is a relatively close partner with Facebook. It has a big investment in the company, and it has access to Facebook data to make Bing more social.
Socl is just a research project right now for Microsoft. But, Houston says it’s going to be released to the public eventually.
- This article by Jay Yarow first appeared on BusinessInsider.com
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