Google Buzz. That’s the name of the new built-in Gmail service from Google. Buzz is used on a computer, and basically combines RSS with social networking at buzz.google.com. The five main features of Buzz are:
- Automatic friends list (all people you’ve emailed are automatically friends)
- “Rich fast sharing” squishes things like Twitter and Picasa into a single feed which allows full-size image browsing
- Public and private sharing (between family and friends)
- Inbox integration (instead of emailing you every time you have an update, like Facebook, Buzz’s emails update with all new content inside of the email)
- “Recommended Buzz” puts friend-of-friend content into your feed; say for example you have a friend, Google Buzz recommends your friend’s friends (catchy huh?)
Buzz also works on Android phones and the iPhone from the browser, and offers one-tap location updates. From that point on, Buzz will get local results for anything that you’re looking for. I’ll be putting up the new Google Buzz videos courtesy of Google in a couple of minutes. [Google Buzz. TechCrunch]
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