Young People Say Microsoft Is Cooler Than Twitter Or Facebook

A new poll suggests that Microsoft is cooler than Facebook and Twitter but still not as cool as Google.

The software maker, often derided in Silicon Valley for failing to dream up products that captivate a new generation of social media and mobile savvy consumers, managed to pip Facebook Inc in the survey - only 42 percent of young adults thought the world's largest social network is cooler now than in the past. Twitter scored 47 percent, below Microsoft's 50 percent.