Although rumors swirl that Microsoft may well be taking into consideration acquiring FaceBook, the enterprise is continuing to create out its personal family members of blogs, wikis, video as well as other community-outreach equipment to connect with current and possible consumers.The most recent social-networking web site in Microsoft;s arsenal? Channel eight.Microsoft Developer Mark Johnston posted a teaser on his blog for that forthcoming internet site, which appears to be targeted at college students.“(Y)ou can probably guess who it;s targeted at given my new job focusing on pupils ;-),
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