Google announced Google Buzz. They’re calling it “a new way to share. Google notes that this is not a finished product. They are continuoulsy pushing it to integrate with more and more services. Buzz will also launch as an enterprise product and “will change the way businesses communicate.”
5 key features of Web Buzz:
- Auto-following - you automatically follow people you contact frequently
- Rich, fast sharing experience – you can share photos that are available via other media sites (such as Flickr)
- Public and private sharing - you can post things for the who world to see, or just to specific groups of people
- Inbox integration - instead of having email notifications, special Buzz items come into your Inbox and show updates in real-time (using @ replies)
- Just the good stuff - Buzz learns from things that you like and hides the things that you don’t
Mobile product experiences
- Use Buzz from Google.com – post a Buzz from a geotagged location
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Buzz application (iPhone or Android) – See what people around you are saying
- Update to Google Mobile Maps – Buzz layer added, allowing you to see nearby Buzzes and lets you post a Buzz along with a picture of where you are.
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February 11th, 2010 at 2:13 am
I never thought I would agree with this opinion, but I’m starting to see things differently.