Recently Google launched a new service called Buzz. It’s like a twitter thingy and integrates seamlessly with gmail. When you start a buzz you can select if this is a public Buzz or a restricted –only visible to people you grant access– Buzz. People can leave comments on your Buzz and start a conversation or discussion. The nice thing is that all your Buzzes and comments are stored in your gmail box. When people comment on your Buzz the mail in your mailbox is updated. I use an external email client to read my gmail (iMail on a Mac) and even there I can see the mail that corresponds to the Buzz is updated… IMAP rules

Besides these twitter-like buzzes you can also integrate picasa photo albums, blogs (rss feeds in general), twitter and other stuff. Really nice. Try it out.

I will hang on to my twitter account since I can post to it using simple SMS messages and publish them on my blog automatically… but when I can buzz using my mobile phone I might switch.

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