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Meet Buzz, Google's Social Networking Tool For Gmail

Meet Buzz, Google's Social Networking Tool For Gmail

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Search engine giant Google has rolled out a brand new tool for its Gmail mail service which will allow users to share photos, web links, videos and status updates, among other features. With this tool, Google attempts to carve a niche for it self in the lucrative social networking market which is currently dominated by Facebook. Buzz, the social networking tool launched by Google, has currently been made available to only one percent Gmail inboxes for a ‘test...



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A US judge has ordered Google to pay $500,000 to an online privacy group in a class action lawsuit brought against its Buzz social networking tool for Gmail.The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) had filed a class...


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