Google to Roll-out Buzz to SA

South African users of Google email service Gmail can expect to be part of the international roll-out of ‘Buzz’, the Internet giant's social networking application.

Google's Hugo Barra, director of product management for mobile, says that, "We'll be rolling out ‘Buzz’ in about a week and we're doing it carefully so we don't take down Gmail."

Buzz may be the regarded is a direct salvo into the territory of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, but Barra says the Internet itself is ‘inherently social’ and the latest application is just an extension of an existing social application.

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