Language Teaching Professionals

Microsoft Launches So.cl As A Social Network For Students

�The �connecting around interests� path that So.cl is taking makes sense. Interest-based social networking is an emerging trend seen in a number of social startups these days. Companies believe that the only way to compete with Facebook is to develop a service that connects you with people you don�t know, but would want to know, instead of with real-world friends, as Facebook does. Most startups, however, attempt to start from scratch, asking you to sign up and join their own standalone destination website. So.cl, meanwhile, simply asks you to �sign in� with Facebook. It�s essentially a Facebook app. �

On a personal note. I got tired of writing to penpals via snailmail (there wasn �t anything else) and lost touch with most of them, but I have kept in contact with two of my friends for 37 years. One lives in Finland and the other... Well. I live with her .   So be warned, pen friends are life changers.

David