
Orkut was not that popular when compared to Facebook/Twitter at least in US. Even most of my orkut contacts started using facebook actively. I was wondering why Google is not showing any interest in promoting orkut.
They have responded with what is called as Google buzz. Imagine taking snippets of Twitter, Yammer, Foursquare, Yelp, and other social services, and joining them together into one package; and then putting in to gmail. Thats what is Google buzz.
The very smart move here is that instead of staring a new site or service, they have integrated in to gmail which already has more than 100 million users. Lets see if it overtakes Twitter and Facebook.
Note: If you dont see Buzz in the left menu under Inbox, dont worry, you will soon get it. Google is installing this in waves of user base.
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