In July it was called Tulalip, but already last month revealed the final name: So.cl.
This month, the social network by Microsoft has officially lifted the gate, revealing his true face: that of a “research experiment for students focused on combining web browsing, search, and social networking for the practical purposes of learning.”
What does this mean? So.cl is a kind of “social experiment” – and in fact is developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs – focused the world of learning.
It comes from a partnership with 3 major American universities (Washington, Syracuse and New York), and then is directed primarily to students: everyone can access it – by logging in through Facebook (!) – But the focus is aimed at “learning communities”.
In short, his mission is not to compete with Facebook or Google +, if anything, So.cl is a social stratum over Bing: web pages and images finded by students on Bing – perhaps operating within the same workgroup – can be assembled and then shared with the tool of the rich post:
For video there is a hand tool called Video Party, which allows you to find and assemble a simple list of clips to be seen together with your contacts:
Will therefore be disappointed those who believed in the arrival of a real social network branded Microsoft, but I remind you that Facebook began as a student-only social network like So.cl …