Google Buzz

Google Buzz is creating quite a lot of buzz...it is directly competing with social networking websites - Twitter in particular.

Some time back Google tried to create a wave. It offered the service only to limited people by providing the service by invitation only (just as was done with GMail) and I was so happy to get an invite!!!

That Wave did not even create any ripples...

This time Google has taken a different route. It has made the service available to everyone using GMail...one fine day I found the Buzz option while logging on to GMail



and as soon as I nodded, the link was silently created under Inbox of my GMail



And immediately found few people following me.

The immediate controversy that followed was about Privacy - the Buzz was making email IDs public to other contacts.

Now I read today in the news that Google has corrected it.

I am yet to try buzz...have got a couple of messages but am yet to respond...plan to check out Buzz sometime soon!

~ Kaustubh