threedegrees or 3° (frequently referred to as Three Degrees) was a communication and P2P application produced by Microsoft. It allowed you to sign in using a Windows Live ID and integrated into MSN Messenger. It sorted buddies into groups, and allowed the sharing of pictures, listening to a shared playlist and sending animated winks.

threedegrees is now discontinued and the features provided by the software have been integrated into MSN Messenger 7. threedegrees used to only run under Windows XP Service Packs 1 and 2, with a custom IPv6 stack installed.

threedegrees had a concept of being able to stream your music to other threedegrees users like a miniature radio station. However, despite the other new features being included in MSN Messenger 7, this feature did not make it due to large copyright issues that would be faced by Microsoft. MSN Messenger does, however, now enable other users to see what their buddy is listening to and is linked to a website providing this music if needed, a concept spurred by this idea.

External links

• 3° site (via the Internet Archive; accessed September 25, 2005)

Discontinued Microsoft software | File sharing programs | Windows-only instant messengers | Microsoft Internet applications