Google has announced Google Buzz today amongst a lot of fan fare and competitors immediate mixed reviews. Google Buzz is the Silicon Valley’s latest foray into the social media frenzy. Google Buzz is like taking elements of Twitter, Yammer, Foursquare, Yelp and other social services and putting them together in one package centered around Gmail. Welcome to Google Buzz. Check out their short video on what the Buzz is all about – sorry couldn’t help myself.
Earlier this morning, Google hosted an event at its Mountain View, CA headquarters to show off Google Buzz – see the meeting notes courtesy of TechCrunch. At the event, Google VP of Product Management Bradley Horowitz
,VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra, and product manager Todd Jackson were on hand to show it off.
Take a look and let me know what you think of Google Buzz.
“… we are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results. We believe that our search results and user experience will greatly benefit from the inclusion of this up-to-the-minute data, and we look forward to having a product that showcases how tweets can make search better in the coming months. That way, the next time you search for something that can be aided by a real-time observation, say, snow conditions at your favorite ski resort, you’ll find tweets from other users who are there and sharing the latest and greatest information.”
