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Microsoft So.cl: An Experiment In Social + Search + Learning

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Last week Microsoft launched a new network called so.cl – pronounced ‘social’ – which is being discussed all over the web. It is described as “an experimental research project, developed by Microsoft’s FUSE Labs, focused on exploring the possibilities of social search for the purpose of learning.”

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LMS/LCMS Social Media & Side Notes

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Of course, many vendors like to pitch it as “Web 2.0″ Worse yet, when “Web 3.0″ Stay and say, “Web 2.0″? Could you argue that a BBS, CompuServe, Prodigy or even Usenet were early “Web 2.0″ Again, all of these offerings were way before the term “Web 2.0″