Google Unveils 'Buzz' Social Sharing Tool

February 9, 2010 2:01 PM EST

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) has just unveiled its new "Buzz" feature for its popular Gmail service.

• Google execs are billing the feature as an email approach to the sharing involved in social networking
  
• Buzz will be a new way to communicate within e-mail
  
• it will automatically follow people in chat, or an e-mail and includes updates from Twitter and YouTube
  
• Buzz includes both public and private sharing
  
• the service will let users see posts of photos and videos and also let them comment on these and others' posts
  
• Buzz will work on Android phones
  
• Google has introduced a new mobile maps version with the Buzz
  
• Buzz lets users see nearby comments from friends and also shows the locations of the people posting these items
  
• Google has left the door open, saying that Buzz could include phone messages someday

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