Buzz Kill
By now, if you follow the technology world at all, or if you use Gmail, you’ve probably noticed a new thingy released by Google in the last few days. The thingy is called Google Buzz and it is billed to be a “status update” tool to allow your friends to know what you’re up to?
Sound familiar? Yeah, it’s supposed to be going after Twitter or some nonsense like that.
I enabled Buzz on my Gmail account and then promptly disabled it (you too can disable it, if it’s already turned on for you, by clicking on the “turn off Buzz” link in the footer of your Gmail account).
I’m going on record today to say that Google Buzz is and will continue to be an absolute failure. The reasons why are fourfold…



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