Today I just discovered a new video social networking site from Microsoft, called MSN Soapbox, which looks like Microsoft's answer to YouTube. It sports a much cleaner interface than YouTube (especially without all those annoying Google ads everywhere). I really like how MSN has included an IM link to instant message the video link to your friends on Windows Live Messenger and also to share the video on Windows Live Spaces.
I'm going to have to try this out and see how if Microsoft has a chance at grabbing some bit of market share for user-generated video content from YouTube. It seems like video social networking is the next thing (first it was blogs, then podcasting, now it's video) in the Web 2.0 arena. Yahoo as you might guess, also has a video service as well called Yahoo Video. So, the big three names in search are also into social networking as well.
It's interesting that a fellow U of T grad student's work from DGP is on Soapbox in the Technology category section, it has to deal with a bumptop 3D desktop where the desktop mimics a real table space where you can put documents into piles and put them in different parts of the desktop like you can do with papers.
Video: BumpTop 3D Desktop
January 31, 2007
Note: I just finished uploading my Masters grad research video onto Soapbox to test the service out. You can see it here and give me comments on what you think.
Video: My Masters graduate research presentation
On Technorati: SoapBox, YouTube, Yahoo Video
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