google buzz
Google Buzz is a social networking and messaging tool from Google that is integrated into the company’s web-based email program, Gmail. [1]
When Google announced Google Buzz, its new social sharing feature for Gmail, company representatives admitted Buzz was inspired by a similar product: Google Wave. [2]
Google Buzz recommends interesting posts and weeds out ones you’re likely to skip. [3]
Follow us for the latest social media news in Google Buzz!! [4]
Todd Jackson, product manager for Google Buzz, has announced that the company will disable the feature which gave users a ready-made circle of friends based on their most frequent email and chat contacts in Gmail. [5]
Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in 2010. [6]
Social Media news blog covering cool new websites and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. [4]
Following anger from users, Google made changes and apologised for insufficient testing of the service. [...] Buzz angered many when it was launched because it automatically enrolled all Gmail users without seeking prior permission. [7]
Import your stuff from Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, and Google Reader. [3]
Part of the legal settlement required Google to e-mail Gmail users in the US to inform them of the development. [7]
This is the first time an FTC settlement order has required a company to implement a comprehensive privacy program to protect the privacy of consumers’ information. [6]
One feature in particular that was widely criticized as a severe privacy flaw was that by default Google Buzz publicly disclosed (on the user’s Google profile) a list of the names of Gmail contacts that the user has most frequently emailed or chatted with. [1]
But it also gave users a ready-made circle of friends based on the people they most frequently e-mailed. [7]
Both services are supposed to help you create conversations and give you a richer experience around Web-based media like videos, images,and regular text. [2]
Sources:
[1] Google Buzz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Google Buzz Versus Google Wave | PCWorld
[3] Google Buzz
[4] Mashable - - Google Profile
[5] Google Buzz redesigned after privacy complaints - Telegraph
[6] FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Google’s Rollout of …
[7] BBC News - Google settles Buzz lawsuit with privacy fund