Microsoft Introduces Socl, New Social Network

摘要

Another potential Facebook competitor has entered the fray. Socl, Microsoft's offering to the social network market, is now in open beta after originally launching in May. At first glance, it certainly looks different than Facebook, Twitter, or Google+; it is reminiscent of the visual-heavy Pinterest. But Microsoft describes Socl a bit differently: "Socl is a research project from Microsoft Research FUSE Labs and began as an experiment in social search targeted at students for the purpose of learning. Following the lead of the Socl community, Socl has since evolved to be a service where people connect over shared interests expressed through beautiful posts that take only seconds to create."