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Google Buries Failed Social Network

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 12.14.2011

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This post has been updated. Scroll down for correction. Google announced a "fall sweep" on October 14, detailing the shuttering of several products...

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Google Plus Fuss Proves They Finally Got Social Networking Right

Brett Greene | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Google, Social Media, Twitter, Social Networks, Facebook, Google Plus, Google Buzz, Google Wave, Denver News
Brett Greene

As someone who thought Google Wave would have a major impact, before watching it crash, along with no one really using Google Buzz, I'm hesitant but overall optimistic that Google got it right this time.

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Would You Have Used Google Taco Town?

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Google, Google Buzz Privacy Concerns, Google Gmail Privacy Buzz, Google Buzz, Google Privacy, Google Buzz Privacy, Google Gmail Provacy, Google Buzz Code Name, Google Taco Town, Technology News

Google Buzz's development, launch, and "scar" are discussed in Steven Levy's new book, In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, And Shapes Our Lives. ...

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Frank Speiser, SocialFlow: 27 Million and Counting

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Twitter Business, Social Media, Video, Twitter, How to Get More Twitter Followers, How to Use Twitter, Google Buzz, Social Flow, Socialflow, Frank Speiser, Facebook, 27 Million and Counting, Small Business Video, Small Business News

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

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Google Foe Miffed About Giant's Privacy Violation Settlement

Posted 06.01.2011

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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:46pm EDT (Reuters) - An Internet privacy group that prodded U.S. regulators to scrutinize G...

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Google +1: Facebook, You've Been "Checked"

Pedro L. Rodriguez | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Google, Twitter, Ftc, Google Buzz, Google Search, +1, Google +1, Quora, Buzz, Federal Trade Commission, Facebook, Social Search, Technology News
Pedro L. Rodriguez

Yesterday, Google announced the arrival of +1, a tool that adds an element of social networking to the company's search engine. If you think it bears any similarity to Facebook's "Like" button, you are not alone.

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Google Social Take Three: How +1 Could be Different

Christopher Cocca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: +1, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Facebook, Google Buzz, Google Wave, Google, Gmail, Media News
Christopher Cocca

If Google's new "+1" is what insiders think it is, 2011 could very well be the year Google figures out how do social its way, the right way, and across its already-social platforms and search services.

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Social Media Fails: 5 Social Projects That Tanked In 2010

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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2010 may have been a big year for some social media outlets, but for others business wasn't so great. While Google struggled to gain a foothold in t...

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Google Coughs Up $8.5 Million In Buzz Privacy Lawsuit

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Google Inc., the top Web search provider, will allocate about $8.5 million to Internet privacy and policy organizations as part of a ...

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Thomas Genshaft PC, Aspen Law Firm, Files Class-Action Suit Against Google

The Aspen TImes | Rick Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Aspen Law Firm, Internet Privacy, Google Privacy Violation, Google Buzz, Google Buzz Privacy, Thomas Genshaft PC, Google Lawsuit, Denver News

ASPEN -- An Aspen law firm has filed a class-action complaint on behalf of millions of Google e-mail users, alleging the Internet host violated their ...

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Nations tell Google of privacy concern on Buzz

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Officials from Germany, Canada, France and seven other countries are raising privacy concerns about Google's mapping service and the ...

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Dear Google, Please Stop Ruining My Dating Life

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gena Grish

Google and I are going to have to sit down and have a little chat. Why? It has been wreaking havoc on my dating life!

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New Google Buzz Button Lets You Follow, Share With Ease: Here's How

Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the launch of Google Buzz earlier this year, Google has been consistently tweaking its social media platform with a host of updates and changes,...

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Google Buzz Exposes White House Internet Policy Advisor Andrew McLaughlin's Email List; Congressman Has Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Andrew Mclaughlin, White House, Google Buzz, Presidential Records Act, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Politics News

When he signed on with Google's privacy-challenged social networking service last month, White House Internet policy director Andrew McLaughlin unwitt...

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White House Deputy CTO Caught In Google Buzz Privacy Controversy

AllThingsD | John Paczkowski | Posted 05.25.2011

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Among the many Gmail subscribers to have their private contacts exposed in the Google Buzz privacy fiasco was Andrew McLaughlin, the Obama administrat...

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Google Buzz REVIEW: The 9 WORST Google Buzz Features (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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The launch of Google's new social networking platform, Google Buzz, has been met with both good and bad buzz. Although Google came under intense cr...

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MC Hammer: 'This Is The Greatest Opportunity Ever To Be An Entrepreneur'

Stanford Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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While connecting his laptop to the projector in Bishop Auditorium yesterday [Feb. 22], popular blogger Robert Scoble checked his Gmail account, then h...

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Google Buzz Poses Major Privacy Risk For Kids: It's A 'Parental Control Nighmare,' Analyst Says

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Should parents worry about Google Buzz? Technology analyst Charlene Li thinks so. She says she has counseled her children on how to stay safe onlin...

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5 AWESOME Jabs At Google Buzz (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Morgan Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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About a week ago the all powerful omniscient Google overlords released a new social networking platform: Google Buzz. Check out these great jabs at Go...

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COLUMN: Google Buzz = Twitter II?

The Minnesota Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google Buzz, for those of you not yet aware, is Google's attempt to muscle in on the popularity of Internet-based social media. Specifically, it is Tw...

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Google Buzz Class Action Complaint Filed In San Jose

sfgate.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A class action complaint filed in San Jose federal court alleges that Google Inc. broke the law when its controversial Google Buzz service shared pers...

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Google Buzz: Power Trumps Innovation

Megan Berry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Megan Berry

Google Buzz has one huge advantage over other up-and-coming services -- its huge built-in user base. If it weren't for Gmail integration, Google Buzz would be a goner.

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Google Patches Serious Buzz Vulnerability

Neowin.net | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only a week after the release of Google Buzz, hackers have already found an exploit that allows someone to compromise a user's Google Buzz account, ac...

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Eric Schmidt On Buzz Debacle: 'Nobody Was Harmed'

guardian.co.uk | Richard Wray in Barcelona and Bobbie Johnson in San Francisco | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has suggested that users who complained about privacy invasions by Google Buzz were subject to "confusion"....

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Google Buzz: The Best Features Of Google's New Tool (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google Buzz has been out only a week, and already, Google's new Gmail-based social network has been, well, buzzing with activity, with estimates that ...

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