Google rolled out Google Buzz this morning to a few thousands of users and I dont see many of my friends using it but they will definitely be ON it very soon. Check out what all it does..

I bet everyone is thinking.. IS THIS GOOGLE’S ANSWER TO TWITTER ?

I am sure it is.. I actually have thought more about it in the past few mins than I have ever thought about why people use Twitter. If you’ve used Twitter, you must know that Buzz has all the features that were missing from Twitter..

• Buzz doesnt limit you to 140 chars ( yes, I do type longer stuff sometimes only to be limited by the chars )
• Buzz allows you to post images inline.
• Also, you can post and view video online.
• You can connect it with Flickr, Twitter etc.
• It is present INSIDE of Gmail so I am sure a gazillion people will have access to it very soon and you wont need to search your friends and follow them but you will start following them automatically.
• You can communicate privately, publicly or only to a group of people ( I know twitter does this too )

Also,  I was thinking, why bring in Buzz when Google had launched Google Wave sometime back ?

Well, I guess Google isnt afraid of competing with itself ( eg. The Android OS and the Chrome OS )

Ah, what about Facebook ? Is Google trying to compete with Facebook? Giving a second shot at social networking after the popular-in Brazil and India ORKUT ? I am sure if it is, the competition will be very interesting to watch than Google vs Twitter.

Also, did you know Yahoo has a shameless copy of Digg running on buzz.yahoo.com ?

I think thats enough for first thoughts, I’ll get back with more very soon!

Enjoy the BUZZ!

I was just chatting with an associate yesterday about twitter and celebrities where we discussed SRK, Brad Pitt and even Shashi Tharoor – tweeple as they are called on twitter. SRK had recently joined Twitter on Jan 03, 2010 and till yesterday had only 7000 followers. Today, I see him having 94,000+ followers, thats like more than 1300% jump in followers.

Talk about celebrity craze!

Few weeks back, my blog was infected by a malware script that was injected due to a filezilla attack on my PC. I lost all my blog posts for the past year and hence, this fresh start.

So, Happy 2010 everyone.

I plan to write regularly this year and keep you updated with everything I learn.

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