Google Buzz was accorded a lot of attention for its potential as a disruption to Facebook and Twitter when Google officials unveiled it Feb. 9, but Google also put its stake in the ground for social location services with Buzz. Noting that location is a powerful signal for relevancy, Vic Gundotra, vice president of mobile engineering for Google, demonstrated how to access Buzz from a Nexus One smartphone. This is Google’s mobile approach to serendipitous social discovery and is comparable to services from Foursquare and Gowalla, which let users check in at nearby locations and share that location info with friends.
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Google Buzz was accorded a lot of attention for its
potential as a disruption to Facebook and Twitter when Google officials unveiled it Feb. 9, but Google also put its
stake in the ground for social location services with Buzz.
The desktop version of Google Buzz lets users post
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