Google Inc. took its most direct shot yet at social networking sites Facebook Inc. and Twitter on Tuesday, unveiling a tool that tightly integrates the best features of the popular services into the company’s e-mail, maps and mobile products.
The Mountain View Internet company demonstrated “Google Buzz” at a press conference on its corporate campus, showing off a feature that allows users to post updates, videos, photos and links within Gmail in a manner very similar to Facebook’s News Feed. The product allows users to share posts publicly or to just a select group of people, and enables those recipients to comment or forward the information.
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