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According to news reported by teamxbox.com, Microsoft may be planning a social networking service spanning PCs, Xbox and mobile phones. Here’s a quote from the original post:

Daniel Schiappa, general manager of strategy for Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, the unit responsible for Xbox and Zune, told attendees at a virtual worlds conference in Austin that “by next year, you’ll probably know more about why I’m up here.”

Austin360.com reports that later Schiappa hinted in an interview that Microsoft is considering launching some sort of virtual world offering that would span across its gaming, PC and mobile device offerings.Schiappa said that most likely, any foray by Microsoft into the world of avatars or social networking would begin with PCs, then move across Xbox and finally into its mobile phone business.