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Feb 28
2010

With Google Buzz, your closest circle of friends is wide open

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Google Buzz is the loudest party I've ever been forced to attend. It's not because there are too many people invited but because of all the chatter. I'm following only 40 others. And even if I wanted to follow a few hundred more, my network's too small. But these 40 contacts all have their own friends, and even though I've never met most of them, Google is making me hear their thoughts.

And that dynamic makes Google Buzz a fundamentally different social network than Facebook and Twitter. Those networks, of course, are also filled with noise. But Google pushes the comments of your friends' friends (we'll call them secondary friends from here on out) into your Gmail window, alerting you whenever a secondary friend has responded to something your actual friend has written. This is a small quirk, and only mildly different from similar features on Facebook and Twitter. But it's Buzz's biggest one. Google's network will live or die depending on whether people like all that chatter.

The most important thing about Buzz is a number. It's the one that sits next to the "Buzz" link in your Gmail window any time your network has written something new. This feature cannot be turned off. Either you're forced to hear all the latest buzz, or you're not allowed to even know it exists. This makes Buzz a unique type of nuisance, one that goes away easily enough (just click on the Buzz link and the number disappears) but only after you've acknowledged its presence. It is an itch that can't be stared down; it must be scratched. Because all Google wants you to do is pay attention to Buzz; every time you scratch, Google wins.

Feb 13
2010

How to Use Google Buzz

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If you're a Gmail user, chances are you now have Google Buzz in your inbox. Here's how to make the most of it (or just get rid of it).

On Tuesday, Google announced Buzz, a new social networking service integrated with Gmail. On Wednesday, you probably mashed your F5 key waiting for it to arrive in your Gmail account--and maybe you even tried to cut in line. By Thursday, you were likely worried about the privacy issues. Well, if you're buzzing about Buzz, we have the tips you need to make it work for you. And if you're wishing it would buzz off, we'll show you how to remove it from your Gmail account.

Keep Buzz Out of Your Inbox

Google Buzz's default settings send you an e-mail notification every time someone mentions you in a post with an @ reference or replies to one of your buzzes. Since all this stuff also shows up in your Buzz stream anyway, the redundant reminders get annoying fast.

Feb 11
2010

3 Google Buzz Privacy Concerns

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Google Buzz continues to make waves as the Gmail- and mobile device-based social networking platform reaches the masses this week.

Buzz takes one part Facebook, one part Twitter, one part YouTube and one part Flickr and blends it for a social networking platform lodged directly into Gmail. So far, Google Buzz has been receiving mixed praise. As with any new platform where people share information, however, privacy is a huge question. People post personal information, photos and other content to share with friends, not with the world. It's up to Google Buzz to keep that information to its intended recipients.

Early on, Google Buzz has come under scrutiny for lacking some fundamental privacy and security. Here are three areas Google Buzz needs to tighten up before users will be confident enough to make it their single social networking service:

1. Google Buzz automatically imports contacts and shows them as friends.

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Nirmal: Freelance web designer and developer from nepalThis is Nirmal Gyanwali, a freelance web developer from kathmandu, Nepal. Currently I'm working as a web developer at Image Channel. I am well versed with Open source CMS and portal frameworks like Joomla, Wordpress and also a Master's Degree holder in Information Technology. Please feel free to contact me if you have anything you want to discuss.

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