02-18-2010, 02:20 AM
Menlo Park, CA, United States (AHN) -- Google announced Tuesday it has added new networking and sharing features to its free web e-mail service.
The new feature called Buzz allows Gmail users to get updates, including photos and other shared materials, from e-mail contacts. Frequent contacts will be labeled "followers" and the feature can be set to public or private, according to Todd Jackson, Buzz product manager.
A Twitter-like function also allows Gmail users to post and share updates from mobile phones.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin described the Buzz as the latest evolution of social networking,
The new feature called Buzz allows Gmail users to get updates, including photos and other shared materials, from e-mail contacts. Frequent contacts will be labeled "followers" and the feature can be set to public or private, according to Todd Jackson, Buzz product manager.
A Twitter-like function also allows Gmail users to post and share updates from mobile phones.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin described the Buzz as the latest evolution of social networking,