Microsoft launched their own social networking site, Socl, Sunday (May 20, 2012). Socl pronounced "social" and address at so.cl. Microsoft social networking project has actually been leaking since the end of 2011, even have known surely that would be named Socl.
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On "About" page at Socl, explained that social networking is an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.
Socl combines social networking and search to help public, especially students, to discover and share interesting web pages. Data search results in Socl powered by Bing search engine.
In Socl, users can log in using Facebook or Windows Live account. When you enter Socl, users will be faced with a variety of topics and proposals to invite friends to Socl. There are menus on the left screen, starting from post, profile, video parties up to following and followers.
Interesting features is video parties, which allows users to search, watch, and collect videos with other users. Icon "home" button is located on the top left, as well as Facebook, home menu will display the feed or the latest news from Socl users.
Users can post and share web sites or other interesting content. Any posts that appear in the feed can be commented, shared, and tagged. There are different way to respond to every post on Socl, that's Riff. Microsoft explains, Riff is a new way to interact and improvise content.
Notification activities in Socl can be seen by clicking the box beside users name and photo which is located in the upper right of the screen. If there is a notification, the box will be colored orange.
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