NEWSWATCH: First it was Google Wave (which seems to have been more of a dribble); now it's Google Buzz aiming to socialise your status update in Gmail and Google Talk/Chat and integrate it with other Google social media products... But can it compete with Twitter, Facebook and FriendFeed? And whatever happened to Jaiku, which Google bought out a few years ago?
Google: Google launches Buzz, but… Reactions are mixed… has Google left it too late? Does Buzz mean Google has a split personality? Will Gmail users move their social-networking tasks to Buzz?
Google official blog: Introducing Google Buzz... Google reckons organising the social information on the Web has become a major challenge.