Google Buzz

With micro-start ups like Twitter and Facebook growing to mega-platforms for social media, it's no surprise that Google has had this up their sleeves all along. Google buzz seems to be the perfect integration of all the tools Google has constructed. Consider Gmail the gateway drug in attracting the netizens to Google's brand, thus exposing them to further features such as YouTube, Reader, Docs, Flickr, and now Buzz. We're finally liberated from 140 characters or less to the freedom of the web, giving strength to the blogger, the follower, the reader, and ultimately making the internet that much more useful and shareable.