Microsoft's answer to Facebook and Google +

BUSINESS: Microsoft is preparing to compete in the realm of social networkingwebsite, after the emergence of a recently leaked.

On Thursday, July 14, 2011, computer giant that was accidentallypublished a page that advertises a social project under the domainof Microsoft, socl.com
The project was named Tulalip, will make users "Finding what you need and share what you know is easier than ever."


A screenshot of the prototype design depicts a green rectanglewith the word "Welcome" above brief description of the social networking service.

Features that display that allows users to connect throughFacebook and Twitter. However, no mention of Google's newly launched feature, Google +.

It also features links that have not been running, "See how it works", "Privacy Statement", and "Terms of Service".

This page was immediately removed by Microsoft and replacedwith a message indicating the error.

"Thank you for stopping by. Socl.com is an internal design projectfrom a team at Microsoft Research who mistakenly published to the web. We do not intend to do, honestly," the message inSocl.com.

The message was still tertayang at presstime.

Early prototype was spotted by a blogger who identified as JB,who wrote about it in Fusible.com.

Fusible posting reads: "Domain four letters socl.com will complement bing.com. Although the site is not operational, visitors can get an idea where Microsoft runs a service called Tulalip it."

Realm of social networking web is becoming increasinglyattractive to technology companies as more and more visitorsspend time at popular sites.

The average U.S. visitor spends 375 minutes on Facebook in May,compared with 231 minutes for Google.

DAILY MAIL | ERWIN Z
source: tempointeraktif.com

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