Google Buzz is not intended as a challenge to Facebook or Twitter, but as a unique complement to those Web services, the Google executive overseeing Buzz told eWEEK. While he lamented the Buzz privacy woes, Bradley Horowitz, vice president of product management for Google, also said he was encouraged by the uptake in the service. Tens of millions of the 176 million or so mail users created more than 9 million posts and comments. Buzz’s viral nature had many users comparing it to Facebook and Twitter. But Buzz is no Facebook or Twitter killer, he said, adding that it’s about enabling meaningful conversation on the Web.
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Google Buzz is not intended as a challenge to Facebook or
Twitter, but as a unique complement to those Web services, the Google executive
overseeing Buzz told eWEEK.
Google Buzz launched Feb. 9 as a social service that lets users blast out status updates, links,
videos, photos and …