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Re: Google Buzz

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Post by JohnHarnett »

jfno67 wrote: post #82
FreeRadical wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think in most corporates (outside the software industry) it's the other way around. I can't access gmail/hotmail but can access social networks at work (in finance).

Doing consulting in insurance companies, I can tell you Facebook have been banned for a long time, and twitter more recently. As an outside consultant I have gmail, but the employees sometimes don't have it.

I work in a big insurance corp, Facebook not banned there, but twitter and friendfeed were blocked after they appeared on tv or made the news by getting bought for millions. Blocking remains arbitrary and ineffective as about 2/3rds have iphones or similar. RSS remains the way round all the muscle flexing of IT depts, I'm amazed it hasn't been understood mor

Re: Google Buzz

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Post by carbon8 »

FreeRadical wrote: post #73
alexandros wrote: post #67

One thing that just struck me, is that google/gmail will not be banned from workplace computers as often as fb/twitter have been. This alone will be a significant advantage.

I think in most corporates (outside the software industry) it's the other way around. I can't access gmail/hotmail but can access social networks at work (in finance).

My impression has been the opposite, that facebook/myspace/etc are blocked more than webmail. The only recent survey I could find that touched on both social neworking and webmail is this one from august:

http://www.scansafe.com/content/employers-crack-down-social-...

"76% of companies are choosing to block social networking ... and Webmail (58%)"

Of course, if this thing caught on, presumably more companies would block gmail.

Re: Google Buzz

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Post by smallblacksun »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #97
cantastoria wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google has always been this way as far as I can tell. They're basically using Microsoft's old strategy of "clone it and give it away so we can sell more of Windows" only with Google it's ads. The difference is everyone still loves them. Microsoft was seen as ruthlessly destroying their competition. Google is seen as innovative. Bizarre.

What did Microsoft ever give away to sell more Windows? (Serious question.)

IE, Silverlight, Express editions of Visual Studio off the top of my head

Re: Google Buzz

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Post by txxxxd »

jussij wrote: post #84
tlholaday wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was Google Maps a clone? Google Mail a clone? Wave a clone? AppEngine a clone? The Chrome browser a clone? Android a clone? GWT a clone? What are you talking about?

Most of those products where purchased by Google. See for yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google

You are not reading that table correctly.

Re: Google Buzz

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Post by robgough »

Pahalial wrote: post #88
agotterer wrote: post #3

Doesn't add a Buzz option to my gmail. Working for anyone else?

If you use the mobile UI and have someone comment on your post, it will send the thread to your inbox. Trying to reply to that thread will then force-update your gmail to include Buzz (or at least, it worked for me.)

The same thing didn't work for me unfortunately.

Re: Google Buzz

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Post by eagleal »

yungchin wrote: post #13
intellectronica wrote: post #5

Is Google becoming the new Microsoft? Not in the evil sense, but in the lame me-too products that rely on brute force (their huge install base) and no innovation to hopelessly try to compete sense.

I really liked Chris Dixon's post "What's strategic for Google?" from a while back: http://cdixon.org/2009/12/30/whats-strategic-for-google/ ... following his line of thinking, this may be a lame me-too product, but they _have_ to run it anyway: if they allow Facebook to move a lot of user-hours away from the internet to what is really a big intranet, that would kill Google's revenue.

So, just my thought, Google's primary mission is not search and advertsing, but has changed to be a wheel in a pool full of small fishes.

Re: Google Buzz

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Post by robgough »

highstakefever wrote: post #81

What I don't understand is how people seem to be okay with Buzz being built into gmail. Don't we have enough of social networks that steal our time? Now we have one in or inbox? Not super excited about that fact.

I'm more concerned about how it will work over IMAP - or does IMAP just ignore the buzz mails?
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