Google’s Buzz Kill(ed)

In a blog post, Google announced that it is killing its much maligned Buzz service to “focus instead on Google+.” As PC World points out, Buzz turned out to be a privacy nightmare for Google and Gmail users, exposing people’s lists of most commonly contacted email contacts. Buzz was launched in February 2010 as Google’s answer to Twitter and Facebook.  Google+, launched this fall, is the company’s current social media offering.

In case you don’t remember Buzz, this video will refresh your memory

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