2010 05 May
In order to fill the gap between research and user experience, and in this world lead by social media, Microsoft formed a new laboratory called Future Social Experience Labs (FUSE), which will focus on social computing and the communication and collaboration between online communities.
FUSE is lead by Lili Cheng who previously managed user experience teams for Windows Vista, and was before joining Microsoft working for Apple.
FUSE will focus on the social computing - applying social media (things like Twitter, Facebook, and other social-network technologies) to problems in business collaboration and entertainment.
FUSE Labs works on a variety of projects that creates a new edge in the Web 2.0 world; let’s take a look to them.
Find out what topics are hottest on Twitter. With the integration of Twitter search results in Bing, it is now easy to see what topics are trending in real-time. You can also easily see what people are saying about those topics on Twitter and get quick links to other web resources.
Kodu is a visual programming language made specifically for creating games. It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone.
The Bing Twitter Maps application allows you to see tweets in the context of a map. You can search for a specific subject, place or person and quickly see what is happening via Twitter.
Spindex brings you an overview of your entire social world in one page. With Spindex you can connect to Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, RSS, and Bing – with more services on the way. Communicate with your friends wherever they are. Find what’s new, what’s popular, and see personalized trending topics.
Now you can discover, create, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends. Built using Microsoft Office 2010 – Docs for Facebook lets you work from just about anywhere with the familiar Office experience.
i think this will not success becuase Lili Cheng who previously managed user experience teams for Windows Vista.:)
hey adel, don't you think that the user experience of Windows Vista was successful enough, from my point of view the UX of Vista was the revolution in the world of the user experience, and based on it, we see the extensive, powerful and attractive user interaction and collaboration in Windows 7 - WPF - SL and all other rich client applications.
thanks hasan, but i think the majority of these project are local for the US and not working in the middle east, especially the Twitter Map. thanks
Just Microsoft is trying to follow Facebook, twitter and Google !
Dear FUSE Staff, I am a director with a new non-profit called The Digital Monkey School Foundation. I am working on a grant application and would like to use FUSE labs Docs beta to share Excel and Word files with team members via our Facebook page. But, when I try to do so, it tells me to switch to personal FB page. Can I share only with selected Friends/Admins on our DMSF FB page? I want to share some high level data with the public for transparency sake. But, as we are developing the grant application, I don't want to share all of the data and iterations with the public. Sincerely yours, Marianne Markt