After Facebook and Google+, its Microsoft that is
experimenting with its own social network named Socl.
The Verge was able to get a preview of
Microsoft’s upcoming social network. In an already very crowded social network
market where Facebook and Twitter dominate, even Google is finding it extremely
difficult to boost its Social Network. Microsoft with its new project
will have to come up with something unique to make it a success.
Just looking at the images, the interface doesn’t
look much different from Facebook and Google+. There are 3 vertical columns on
the body of the page and a search
bar
on top. In the middle of the page contains your feed and navigation options are
on the left. On the right there is an invites and “Video Party” section, which
is similar to what Google+ has in its Hangouts, the same feature of having your
friends watch the same YouTube clip
from their own devices while chatting.
Socl.com currently displays an official statement
from Microsoft saying: “Thanks for stopping by. Socl.com is an internal design
project from a team in Microsoft Research which was mistakenly published to the
web. We didn’t mean to, honest.”
Microsoft is late in the game but who knows how
much of an impact Socl could make.
