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On Google Buzz's Awkward Launch

Social media researcher and general internet guru Danah Boyd gave the keynote address at SXSWi earlier today, focusing on matters of privacy. On paper, Google Buzz was a perfect social network. So why did it freak everyone out so much?

The Sum of Our Google Fears

Look, this video plays pretty loose with the facts. But there's no question that it speaks to those deeper concerns about Google: that it's so big, so invasive. And when you add it all up, the final picture's a little scary. More »
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Google Buzz Gets Its First iPhone App

Google's mobile web interface for Buzz is technically impressive, in that it behaves more or less like a native app. Cool, guys! But in use, it's just too slow. Buzzie, the first native Buzz iPhone app, helps pick up Google's slack. More »
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Google CEO Thinks Buzz Privacy Worked Just Dandy

So much for apologies! Google CEO Eric Schmidt yesterday described user discomfort over Buzz's privacy issues as "confusion," saying that "nobody's personal information was disclosed." This is, of course, complete and utter manure. More »

Buzz Gets Its Inevitable EPIC FTC Complaint

Despite the apologies and quick-fixes, Google still has a lot of explaining to do about Buzz. And if the FTC decides to hear the Electronic Privacy Information Center's complaint, we'd get some answers right quick. More »

Google Admits Buzz Testing Sucked and They Are "Very, Very Sorry"

Google has admitted that their Buzz testing process was equivalent to mine: Click enable, then disable it ninety seconds later. They said to the BBC that their testing sucked donkey balls, which is why many people hate it. The excuse: More »
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F*ck You, Google

I use my private Gmail account to email my boyfriend and my mother. There's a BIG drop-off between them and my other "most frequent" contacts. You know who my third most frequent contact is. My abusive ex-husband. More »

The Fatal Flaw With Google Buzz's Edit Button

Fixing a typo is handy, sure, but something tells me that the less morally scrupulous among us will have a field day with Google Buzz's edit button—namely, this comic. [DogHouseDiaries via reddit]

Google Buzz Turns Less Creepy After Some Improvements

It feels like all of the nine million Google Buzz posts and comments flooded your inbox this week. And as if that wasn't enough, suddenly that creepy ex started "following" you. Google has a fix for one of those issues. More »
In today's Remainders: patience. Or at least, it's what's required by today's items, including Lumix camera pricing, Google's acquisition of Aardvark; LG's forthcoming e-reader, and the great Palm Pre manufacturing halt that wasn't. More »

What Other Existing Services Will Google Try to Copy?

Google Buzz is strangely familiar. Probably because what it does already exists in the form of Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. But that's not stopping them! What's next in Google unceasing march towards doing everything? More »

Google Buzz Ad Parody...This IS a Parody, Right?

The best parodies start with a laugh before leaving us with the hollowness of their truth. Sorry, Google Buzz. Sorry, under-lived life. Sorry, sweet butterfly.

Google Buzz Is a Dirty Snitch

When you join Google Buzz, it automatically provides you with followers and followees based on prior communication. These people are then listed on your Google profile, which can be seen by all your friends. So, affair havers: maybe hold off. More »
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What Is Google Buzz?

So what exactly is Google Buzz? Used on a PC or mobile, Buzz reminds us of an RSS combined with all of your social networking—all within the existing Gmail and Google.com infrastructure. More »

Buzz Lightyear Back From 468 Days In Spaaace

How did I miss this? The Toy Story action figure returned on the space shuttle Discovery last Friday, after first launching aboard STS-124 on May 31st 2008. Here's a video of his time on the International Space Station: More »