New Technology Reviews!.: boutiques-com

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<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-92190 aligncenter" height="234" mce_src="http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/310/googlekillsbuzz.jpg" src="http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/310/googlekillsbuzz.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="google-kills-buzz" width="234" />Google’s foray into the world of social networking started off with Buzz, but that somehow failed to take off, and I would suppose with all the experience they gained in the process of delivering Buzz, they would have learnt a thing or two – hence the rather phenomenal growth of Google+. Since it is always better to remain focused and sharp instead of being spread too thin, Google took the logical decision of dropping the axe on Buzz in a few weeks’ time so that they can focus better on Google+.</div>
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Not only that, the Google Labs site looks set to be pushing daisies as well, where it will be replaced by Boutiques.com and Like.com with Google Product Search. Current Buzz content can still be viewed on a user’s Google Profile if you’re a hopeless romantic and sentimentalist, but it won’t do you much good though despite the fact that it can still be downloaded from Google Takeout.</div>
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