Optimist on Buzz

For us, @KevinRose the creator of Digg, is one of the brightest stars in the tech space.  With all the nay-sayers hating on Buzz and wondering if this was a failed attempt/launch by Google, it was interesting to hear him go on a rant about why Buzz is paramount to Google’s future and why they quickly decided to push it front and center (no labs).  He believes, releasing it post labs, …

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:22 am by Tim

How Many is Too Many?

The average person can quickly get bogged down by the hundreds of options for developing a social presence.  Just yesterday, Google tossed their hat in the ring with Google Buzz, this foray into social networking clearly combats the success of Twitter and Facebook. I thought John Battelle captured the essence of this confusing move best in his blog: The reality is, Facebook has won the social graph war. Google taking on …

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 9:03 am by Tim

On Google Buzz and the move towards better aggregation

When Google Buzz launched yesterday there were a lot of posts that immediately went up about what the product was and what it wasn’t. It’s a FriendFeed rip off. They are going after Yelp, Foursquare, and Twitter, will Google crush these smaller companies? Google versus Facebook is now finally here. They are behind Yahoo and Hotmail in working social media into their mailing system. I found a lot of these …

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 10:26 am by Kevin

Google Buzz Review

Could  the mobile web really be bigger, better and faster than the PC web? With Google’s smashing fourth quater numbers, it opens the door for them to talk about the next wave of innovation”mobile will be the No. 1 growth area in the next year, with significant revenue to accompany the widespread uptake of mobile devices that can handle data”.  Its no secret how much consumers depend on their Smartphones for …

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 2:03 pm by Tim