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Microsoft Social Media Site Accidentally Revealed

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 15, 2011 @01:27AM from the keeping-up-with-the-googses dept.

BogenDorpher writes "Looks like Microsoft is trying to steal the spotlight from Google — a new social media site from the company was accidentally revealed. The site, branded 'Tulalip,' was not functional, and it was taken down shortly after its discovery. It appears to be a 'social search' service. Microsoft says it went live by accident, and was simply an 'internal design project.'"

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Tulip madness? by calmofthestorm · 2011-07-15 01:36 · Score: 5, Insightful

On unix, everything's a file. On the new internet, everything's a social network.

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Re:Tulalip? by MindStalker · 2011-07-15 01:37 · Score: 3, Insightful

Tulalip is also a Native American tribe and a town and bay in Washington north of Seattle.
Re:and.. by nine-times · 2011-07-15 02:00 · Score: 3, Insightful

I wonder if it's accidental, or if it's an attempt to undercut Google+. It reminds me a little bit of Microsoft publicizing the Courier concept right around the time that Apple revealed the iPad.