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Google Challenges Facebook, Twitter With Gmail 'Buzz' - Friday The 13th - 02-18-2010
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,