If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present. See our live notes from today’s Google Buzz event here. Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they’ve never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social. Yes, they have Orkut and OpenSocial, but no one actually uses them. Okay, some people use them, but not in the meaningful social ways that people use Facebook or even Twitter. Today, Google may have just solved their social problem. Google Buzz is easily the company’s boldest attempt yet to build a social network. FriendFeed Reborn. Fundamentally, Buzz is a stream of status updates, pictures, links, and videos from your friends. Yes, again, it sounds a lot like FriendFeed. Social Curation Buzz also wants to differentiate itself another way: social curation. For now, this data is sadly only a one-way street. The Big Mobile Social Play Listening to Google tell it, you’d almost think Buzz is just as much of a mobile product, as a social tool inside Gmail.
Social Issues. "social curation" Tag: social curation. If Google Wave Is The Future, Google Buzz Is The Present MG Siegler Feb 9, 2010 Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they’ve never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social. Yes, they have Orkut and OpenSocial, but no one actually uses them. Okay, some people use them, but not in the meaningful social ways that people use Facebook or even Twitter. Google Tries Social Again with Buzz, This Time Going After Every. "social curation" Buzzing About Google Buzz | Social Peel. The other shoe has dropped. Google has officially made a foray into the realm of social networks.
(No, now is not a good time to bring up Wave, which Sergey insists is a success – yeah, whatever you say, Sergey.) On 9 February 2010, they unveiled Google Buzz – “a Google approach to sharing”. And apparently, the only solution for the problem of ‘oversharing’ of social expressions on the web. Coming back to the topic at hand, what exactly is Buzz? Now, how does it work? When Buzz is active in your account, you’ll be taken to such a page when you log in. The Buzz tab, as you can see, appears right beneath the Inbox tab. An active Buzz user profile appears like this. This is what a typical Buzz post box (box where you post, get it?) Buzz profile of a friend will look like this. This is the screenshot of a Buzz in the inbox – the interface is exactly the same. According to Google, Buzz has five key features that make it different from the other leading social networking platforms. 1. 2. 3. 4. Google Buzz only matters to old people.
On Tuesday, Google launched its would-be Facebook killer, Buzz, which uses your Gmail inbox to automatically establish a social network, and provides ways to share updates, pictures, etc, in a public or semi-public way. Buzz has generated more buzz than anything since the iPad, but that’s only because the tech media world is already old in web years. All of us over 23 grew up using email as our primary virtual communication tool, and once your roots are down on the web, it’s pretty hard to move. Those of us who have passed the quarter-century mark are thrilled with the idea of Buzz—no service knows our social graph better than Gmail, and if Google can use that implicit data to bust out Facebook-like sharing without any work on our part… dude, that’s so MacGyver.
But ever since 2006, teens have been abandoning email. Despite the astronomical growth of all things Web, comScore found that teen email use actually dropped 8% that year, and it’s remained anemic. What’s All the Buzz About? Why, Google Buzz! | Aminatou Sow | Bl.