Facebook thumped it, and Twitter threatens it as a source for entertainment news and real-time searches.
But MySpace, nestled in the entertainment capital of the world, thinks it can survive — even thrive — as a repository for all things music, Avatar and Twilight for the under-35 crowd.
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.
Facebook users have been complaining about problems at the social media site.
Users in the U.S. and other countries reported problems lasting at least half an hour on Saturday morning. Some could not log in, and the site was unusually slow for others. Many used Twitter to complain.
Google’s real-time search results, which include data from Twitter, Yahoo Answers, and other sources, has just added MySpace updates to the mix.
For me, the social-media progression was typical.
When I started blogging, my stories seemed long. When I started using Facebook, my blog posts seemed long. Then I started using Twitter, and my Facebook updates seemed
SAN FRANCISCO — When Google introduced Buzz — its answer to Facebook and Twitter — it hoped to get the service off to a fast start. New users of Buzz, which was added to Gmail on Tuesday, found themselves with a ready-made network of friends automatically selected by the company based on the people that [...]
Let’s say you’d constituted a drinking game for the aftermath of Tuesday’s unveiling of Google Buzz, the odd new mishmash of status messages, geolocation, and social-media aggregation: Take a drink every time some pundit says Google is trying to “kill” Facebook, Twitter, or any number of the “geo” start-ups out there.
Actress Megan Fox has stumpy thumbs, and as the NYDN and celebitchy pointed out, the hand thumbing at the Motorola device in Megan Fox’s Super Bowl ad, seen below, does not.
Gmail buzz or Google Buzz is up and active today, but the news and information put out by Google doesn’t include anything regarding corporate accounts. When one such as this blogger clicks on Google Buzz to try it, he’s taken to his personal Gmail account, which is seldom used.
Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt hinted on Twitter Saturday that Google would run an ad during the Super Bowl in the third quarter.
