Neowin News Feed for: Buzz

Trivia Tuesday: Five epic Google failures

Tyler Holman — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:17:11 +0000

Google has had quite a few misses mixed in with its hits, thanks to its willingness to experiment with new ideas. This week's Trivia Tuesday takes a look at some of Google's less successful products. Read more...

Google Buzz-kill settlement

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:16:53 +0000

On Tuesday, Google sent out an email to all Google Buzz users, in a very uncommon practice for Google to partake in, talking about how they settled a class action law suit against privacy concerns... Read more...

Buzz layer comes to Google Maps on PC

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:42:01 +0000

It's true, Google Buzz was not well received by the general public at first go. But, since then, Google has ramped up development within the project and swiftly addressed the privacy issues that plagued the... Read more...

Google patches serious Buzz exploit

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:11:04 +0000

Only a week after the release of Google Buzz, hackers have already found an exploit that allows someone to compromise a user's Google Buzz account, according to ha.ckers.org. The exploit actually lay inside the Google... Read more...

How to fully disable Google Buzz

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:28:23 +0000

Ever since Google force-fed Buzz upon its millions and millions of Gmail users, screams of privacy issues have ensued. Up until now, you were able to "disable" Buzz from a link at the bottom of... Read more...

Google.com for mobile gets an update, includes Buzz

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:40:51 +0000

Google.com has updated for their mobile offerings for mobile phones, with the addition of Google Buzz. The new interface adds the ability to search for real-time updates through Twitter and other media sources. The update... Read more...

Quick overview: Google Buzz

Brad Sams — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:47:52 +0000

Yesterday, Google announced their new social networking tool, Buzz. The tool started going live yesterday but is slowly being rolled out to the masses that are using Gmail. The service that many are... Read more...

Google announces Google Buzz

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:36:54 +0000

Today in a live press event, Google announced Google Buzz. They're calling it "a new way to share." It is launching today and will continue rolling out over the next few days. Google notes that... Read more...

Yahoo Launches Buzz

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:40:31 +0000

Yahoo has added a Digg 'kind of a' functionality to its site that will help highlight popular news, articles & blog posts. This will be based on Search Patterns & User Votes. The Yahoo Buzz... Read more...

Microsoft clarifies Halo 2 preorder buzz, XBL Arcade pricing

Thu, 07 Oct 2004 00:48:23 +0000

A story in the Seattle Times that features a few surprising comments on the Xbox and Xbox Live Arcade has been making the rounds today. To get to the bottom of some of the article's... Read more...

Why the Buzz Over MSN Search Beta?

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:23:13 +0000

Search engine message boards and Weblogs are aflutter with news of a new MSN Search beta, but officials at Microsoft Corp.'s Internet division say the beta test is nothing new. MSN began a beta test... Read more...