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Google to Shut Down Buzz, Focuses on Google+

Google shuts down its 19 months old social messaging platform Google Buzz to focus on Google+, the company announced in a blog post. In addition to Google Buzz google shuts down Code Search, Jaiku, iGoogle’s social features, University Research Program for Google Search too. […]

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Google Buzz to Have Stand-Alone Version Soon

Google may create a stand-alone version of Google Buzz social networking tool and will continue to keep Buzz in Gmail too. Buzz is a Facebook + Friendfeed like service launched earlier this week. Bloggers and social media experts have raised privacy concerns on the Buzz contact network being publicly viewable by default which could could expose people’s private contacts. To overcome these concerns Google announced a couple of changes including making it easier for Buzz users to keep their contacts list private and option to select followers from the recommended list. […]

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Google Buzz – Social Networking in Gmail and Mobile Phones

Google Buzz is a Facebook + Friendfeed like service introduced by Google. Google Buzz is built into Gmail Inbox. You can simply go beyond usual status messages and share updates, photos, videos, and more. The Buzz tab is right below the Inbox tab in Gmail. To access Google Buzz, logon to your Gmail account and click on Buzz. You automatically follow the people you email and chat with the most in Gmail. Buzz provides a rich and fast sharing experience, within your friendly Gmail UI and supports Gmail keyboard shortcuts. Buzz supports public and private sharing. If you need to, you can block users too. Your public messages are are instantly indexed by Google. […]