What Is Google Buzz?
Gizmodo US Feb 09 10
So what exactly is Google Buzz? Used on a PC or mobile, Buzz reminds us of an RSS combined with all of your social networking—all within the existing Gmail and Google.com infrastructure.
Buzz's five key features include:
• Automatic friends lists (friends are added automatically who you have emailed on Gmail) • "Rich fast sharing" combines sources like Picasa and Twitter into a single feed, and it includes full-sized photo browsing • Public and private sharing (swap between family and friends) • Inbox integration (instead of emailing you with updates, like Facebook might, Buzz features emails that update dynamically with all Buzz thread content, like the photo viewer we mentioned above) • "Recommended Buzz" puts friend-of-friend content into your stream, even if you're not acquainted. Full story...
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