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This is an interesting new social media tool by Google. Google launched a new social media tool called Buzz and what’s cool is it sits inside your Gmail, right under your inbox. If you’re familiar with Facebook posts, which you probably are. Then you’ll like Buzz, because it combines what’s best about both into one Tool and it even links to Twitter as well. You have to have a Gmail account and I think you also need to have a Google Profile. I captured the image below from the start up page in gmail.

If you don’t have a Google Gmail account, you can get one here. Gmail blows away any other e-mail service out there, yes even Yahoo. There’s an old saying that we live by in my Industry and it applies here as well. It goes “Good Artists Copy, but Great Artists Steal.” - Pablo Picasso Google has definitely stolen the successful works of Facebook and Twitter, but has done so in a very smart way, by combining it with their very popular Gmail.

I like they took the @mentions from Twitter, so if you mention one of your friends in a Buzz post, it will notify them and they can read and comment back.

The Mobile version is nice as well and you don’t need to download an app if you own an iPhone. All you have to do it go to the webpage in your mobile Safari and you’re good to go. The address on your mobile phone is buzz.google.com

I’ve embedded their video below, watch, buzz and enjoy.

Please feel free to comment on what you think and if this will be a game changer or fizzle out like Wave. I’m interested in hearing what everyone thinks.