Google has taken the wraps off its latest social network known as Buzz.The service - integrated directly with its e-mail service Gmail - allows users to post status updates, share content and read and comment on friends posts. BBC News technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said "They've launched Buzz with plenty of interesting new features, particularly for mobile users. But the real question is whether there's enough to entice social networkers away from sites like Facebook and Twitter," he said. The new features are built directly into Google's free e-mail service Gmail.Users can post private or public status updates - known as a buzz - and share content from other sites such as Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Picassa.
Facebook pageFacebook has nearly 400 million usersThe messages - highlighted with a Buzz symbol - are incorporated directly into a person's Gmail inbox. Private updates are automatically added to a user's profile page, whilst public updates will also be available to search engines. The site also incorporates elements of Twitter, such as the ability to "follow" people that share updates, and features that appear in Facebook such as the ability to "like" content.Buzz will also recommend content from people that it thinks you may like to see and incorporate it directly into a users content stream. It is not the first time Google has tried to launch a social network.In 2004, it released Orkut. However, while it has become big in countries such as Brazil and India, it has been overshadowed by sites such as Facebook elsewhere. The firm also recently launched Google Wave.A tool that mixes e-mail, with instant messaging and the ability for several people to collaborate on documents in real time.
Facebook pageFacebook has nearly 400 million usersThe messages - highlighted with a Buzz symbol - are incorporated directly into a person's Gmail inbox. Private updates are automatically added to a user's profile page, whilst public updates will also be available to search engines. The site also incorporates elements of Twitter, such as the ability to "follow" people that share updates, and features that appear in Facebook such as the ability to "like" content.Buzz will also recommend content from people that it thinks you may like to see and incorporate it directly into a users content stream. It is not the first time Google has tried to launch a social network.In 2004, it released Orkut. However, while it has become big in countries such as Brazil and India, it has been overshadowed by sites such as Facebook elsewhere. The firm also recently launched Google Wave.A tool that mixes e-mail, with instant messaging and the ability for several people to collaborate on documents in real time.
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