http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/break...g/news-story/83e6abf145e253f89721a71538ce0b0e
"Thred is a next-generation social media application which aims to address all major global social media platforms, allowing instant access to all social media friends, followers and contacts in a single unified way, with the potential to connect billions of social media users with the backing and distribution of Microsoft."