Microsoft's entry in Social Networking

Google+, Facebook, Twitter and now Tulalip. Tulalip is Microsoft’s “in the roots” social networking site. Tulalip is Microsoft’s alternative to Google+ and Facebook. Tulalip was first seen about a week ago ago and was first reported on Fusible. 

The social networking world may get a new competition very soon. According to the sources, Microsoft inadvertently has leaked a figure of its own social networking platform.

Tentatively titled "Tulalip", the website will allow users to find what they need and share what they know.

From the glimpse of the site, it appears that users would be able to login to the site using their Facebook or Twitter accounts.

The company, however, has not confirmed whether it is going to launch a social network or a social search site related to its Bing search engine.

The image was leaked at the Microsoft-owned domain socl.com. Now, the page has been removed from the site. 

Tulalip is in the phase of the early development you can expect hundreds of changes in the next few months. Microsoft claims that the first view of this social network was mistakenly published on the web and they actually didn’t mean to do that. Tulalip will be accessible later on the domain name socl.com which was recently bought by Microsoft. It is rumored that Microsoft bought socl.com on the same day when Google+ was first announced. That definitely means that Microsoft wants to join the social network forces and if they integrate their Microsoft softwares like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Skype, etc. All these services, if integrated would make Tulalip superior to other social networking sites.

I am expecting a lot from Microsoft as it is a huge company and may give a great competition to the existing social networking sites. I think that Tulalip might go under a lot of changes in the coming months and it is eagerly awaited by millions and billions of people. Microsoft has a great reach so Tulalip will receive a lot of hype when it launches. The leaked screenshot mainly showcases that the interface of Tulalip would be like the interface of Windows Phone 7 or Windows 8. Well, you never know what Microsoft is going to bring out. I am a lot too excited about it and I would be waiting for it.

The internet experts think that the design is close to the Windows Phone 7 one and probably the network will be integrated into the mobile operational system. From the information that slipped out, it seems that Tulalip is not an internal project, but a real social network.

The domain is a clearly a social network one (socl.com), the analysts think. It appears that the Tulalip’s slogan is “find what you need and share what you know easier than ever”.

This might seems an announcement for the social network’s fans, but it might be a real threat to the social network players.