Microsoft is steadily advancing its plan to make Windows Live an entertainment and communications hub with its rollout of Windows Live Spaces. The next generation of the company’s blogging service, it now focuses heavily on social networking. Microsoft is approaching the concept of social networks a little differently from other providers, explained Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst at JupiterResearch. “Microsoft recognizes that 10,000 strangers aren’t likely to read the average blog,” he told TechNewsWorld, “but the people who know the blogger will read it.”
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Microsoft Builds on Social Networking With Windows Live Spaces
Posted by: Erika Morphy August 2, 2006 02:58 PMMicrosoft is steadily advancing its plan to make Windows Live an entertainment and communications hub with its rollout of Windows Live Spaces. The next generation of the company’s blogging service, it now focuses heavily on social networking. Microsoft is approaching the concept of social networks a little differently from other providers, explained Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst at JupiterResearch. “Microsoft recognizes that 10,000 strangers aren’t likely to read the average blog,” he told TechNewsWorld, “but the people who know the blogger will read it.”