Google brings Gmail to social networks

Google today announced Google Buzz, a new way of sharing contacts, messages, photos and videos built into Gmail.

According to the announcement, links to multimedia content from YouTube or status of the User Profile can be automatically shared with the contact list. Updates and content published will be organized in the timeline, in a similar way as in Twitter or Facebook. Those interested in following a certain profile will receive notifications of updates automatically. To send messages, the User must place an "@" in front of the contact's name - just like Twitter.
Gmail also has a tool for viewing photos and personal as well as in Facebook and FriendFeed in your contacts may issue opinions on its contents. The posts can be public or private and public when they are, indicate your name and User will be indexed in Google toolbar.
The product was presented by Bradley Horowitz, vice president of product management. The intention, he said, is to facilitate connections with the contacts. According to Google, any item of Buzz can become a conversation. Visually, the mailbox is no longer seem like a simple list of messages, but the updates of the conversations will appear automatically.
Three versions of the Buzz are available, one in the Google.com website, and another in another Buzz.google.com the mobile version of Google Maps. During the session of questions and answers, Google executives said the integration of Buzz with the Wave is possible. "It is a logical next step," the spokesperson at the press conference that happened recently.
A major goal of Google's Buzz is ride the wave of popularity of tools microblogging and social networks - despite the significant Orkut have a presence in Brazil in the international market rout loses the preference of Internet users. According to U.S. consultancy comScore, nearly four in five Internet users visited social networking sites each month during 2009, with Twitter and Facebook, has fueled the growth of the category. If the buzz will be enough to strengthen the ground in Google, only time will tell.