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		<title>It&#8217;s Nice to See Google Focused On Search Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<title>Report Says People Are Happier with Google+ than They Are with Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=139701</guid>
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		<title>Google+ Has a Games Problem</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/06/18/google-plus-has-a-games-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Game Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaming & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networks have amazing potential for video games, but they're currently stigmatized by games like FarmVille. It's now clear that Google+ users aren't interested in that type of game, so I hope the departure of PopCap and Wooga is a wake-up call for Google to try something new.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=136310&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Google+ Local with Zagat Ratings: Better Than Yelp?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/05/30/new-google-local-with-zagat-ratings-better-than-yelp/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/05/30/new-google-local-with-zagat-ratings-better-than-yelp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 15:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apps & Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apps & Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember last year when Google bought tried-and-true restaurant guide Zagat? Well, apparently it was all leading up to this: Google+ Local.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=134180&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google+ Gets More Colorful with Big Redesign</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/04/11/google-gets-more-colorful-with-big-redesign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Form + Function]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=127991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a service that aims to connect you with your loved ones, Google+ has all the personality of an Excel spreadsheet. Hence the latest redesign, announced today on Google's blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=127991&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Average User Spent Only Three Minutes on Google+ Last Month</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/28/the-average-user-spent-only-three-minutes-on-google-last-month/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/28/the-average-user-spent-only-three-minutes-on-google-last-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to comScore, users spent an average of only three minutes on Google+ last month, compared to 405 minutes on Facebook and 89 minutes on hot newcomer Pinterest. Think about that: three minutes over the course of 31 days.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=120773&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glitch Allows Chinese Citizens to Flood Obama&#8217;s Google+ Page with Comments</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/27/glitch-allows-chinese-citizens-to-flood-obamas-google-page-with-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/27/glitch-allows-chinese-citizens-to-flood-obamas-google-page-with-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What to do when the strict system of Internet censorship around you briefly breaks down? Take your grievances directly to the most powerful man in the world. A quick visit to Barack Obama's Google+ page reveals a flood of comments written in Chinese.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=120653&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Men Are from Google+, Women Are from Pinterest</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/15/men-are-from-google-women-are-from-pinterest/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/02/15/men-are-from-google-women-are-from-pinterest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pinterest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=119168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent reports claim that 83% of Pinterest's users are female while two-thirds of Google+ users are male. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=119168&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live: Virtual Interview with President Obama via Google+ and YouTube</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/30/live-virtual-interview-with-president-obama-via-google-and-youtube/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/30/live-virtual-interview-with-president-obama-via-google-and-youtube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As previously reported, President Obama will be holding a Google+ Hangout to field live (albeit pre-selected) questions about last Tuesday's State of the Union address.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=116588&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google+ Lets Users Add Nicknames, Maiden Names to Profiles</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/24/google-lets-users-add-nicknames-maiden-names-to-profiles/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/24/google-lets-users-add-nicknames-maiden-names-to-profiles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google plus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=115710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, Google announced a new, more inclusive naming policy for Google+. From now on you'll be able to list your nickname, maiden name or name in another script alongside your common name on your profile.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=115710&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Hold Google+ &#8216;Hangout&#8217; After State of the Union Address</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/23/obama-to-hold-google-hangout-after-state-of-the-union-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama will be delivering his State of the Union address tomorrow night at 9PM Eastern, which will be shown on major TV networks and streamed live online via YouTube. And next Monday, January 30, the President will be fielding questions on Google+ from average Joes "in the first completely-virtual interview from the White House."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=115577&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want a Google Account? Now You&#8217;re Automatically Signed Up for Google+</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/want-a-google-account-now-youre-automatically-signed-up-for-google/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/want-a-google-account-now-youre-automatically-signed-up-for-google/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Page]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=115523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Say you want to start a Google Account so you can use Google Calendar or create personalized searches. Now, you automatically get a Gmail and Google+ account, apparently.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=115523&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google+ Addresses Internet&#8217;s Dangerous Shortage of Memes</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/17/google-addresses-internets-dangerous-shortage-of-memes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google plus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=114638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like Kanye West at the MTV Video Music Awards, memes have burst onto the internet and refuse to leave, no matter how annoying you might find them. Before, you had to have some minor knowledge of Photoshop or at least know the url of a meme generator site to contribute. Now, all you need is Google+.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=114638&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google+ Adds Some Bells and Whistles to Live-Video Hangouts</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/14/google-adds-some-bells-and-whistles-to-live-video-hangouts/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/14/google-adds-some-bells-and-whistles-to-live-video-hangouts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the cooler features of the new-ish Google+ social network is the ability to hold "Hangouts"—live, multi-person video chats. Today, Google unveiled some new Hangout-specific additions to the service.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=109810&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google+ Adds New &#8216;Find My Face&#8217; Facial Recognition Feature for Photos</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/09/google-adds-new-find-my-face-facial-recognition-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/12/09/google-adds-new-find-my-face-facial-recognition-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reviews & Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security & Privacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new "Find My Face" feature on Google+ uses facial recognition software to scan for your distinctive mug and then prompt the uploader to tag you. Luckily, it looks like Google+ is staying true to its modest goal of not being as bad as Facebook when it comes to your privacy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=109103&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Top of the Google+ Charts? Britney, of Course</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/28/whos-top-of-the-google-charts-britney-of-course/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone who's been hoping and praying for a Britney Spears comeback all these years, you finally have your wish...well, kind of. While the former pop princess may not be back to her days of musical ubiquity just yet--personally, I've not liked anything she's done since "Toxic," but that's just me--she <em>has</em> just taken the top spot...of Google+ users.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=107763&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube Gets a Google+ Facelift</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/14/youtube-gets-a-google-facelift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is giving YouTube a makeover with a new dashboard, home screen and color palette. The bigger news, however, is the continued integration of Google+ into more and more of Google's products.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=104965&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Google Reader: Improvement or Total Disaster?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/01/new-google-reader-improvement-or-total-disaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Wagstaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Form + Function]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=101510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google just released the new version of its popular RSS reader, Google Reader, and the Internet is, well, not too happy about it. The online petition to bring back the old Reader currently has more than 9,000 signatures. The Twitterverse is a cacophony of Google Reader hate. At this rate, it won&#8217;t be long before angry techies are burning Google Reader effigies in the street. So, how bad is the new Reader? Not bad at all, actually. Most of the animus comes from fans of the old sharing system. People already had their networks set up, with which they could share and comment on each other&#8217;s stories, using whatever username they wanted. (WATCH: How Google+ Works) Now? All of that will be done through Google+. It certainly does seem like Google is trying to jam its social network down our throats. When Spotify made the decision to force people to sign up through Facebook to share playlists, users were livid. This has the same feel. The actual act of +1-ing and sharing stories with your Google+ social circles is fairly seamless and intuitive. The problem is (speaking from personal experience), most of my friends and I have Google+, we just don&#8217;t use it that much. Instead we use this nifty little social networking site called &#8220;Facebook.&#8221; And now Google wants to force us to switch? So, yes, it&#8217;s easy to understand the &#8220;Sharebros&#8221; rage. Still, sharing on Google Reader was a dead end, beloved by hardcore users, but perhaps confusing to newcomers. If you were a loyal Google+ user (which, obviously, Google is hoping to create more of), the idea of creating a new network and sharing stories would seem redundant; why not just click the +1 button you&#8217;re used to and share it with your friends? It might be annoying to longtime users, but in the end, it was probably the right move for Google, especially if it brings new people to both Google+ and Google Reader. As for the design, it&#8217;s hard to find fault with the new look. It&#8217;s<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101510&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;What&#8217;s Hot&#8217;? Google+ Adds &#8216;Ripples&#8217; Feature and More</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/28/whats-hot-google-adds-ripples-feature-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken a few months, but Google+ is finally rolling out its version of Twitter&#8217;s &#8220;trending topics&#8221; feature, with the somewhat unimaginative title of &#8220;What&#8217;s Hot.&#8221; But the truly interesting new feature introduced is Ripples, which visualizes how things get shared across the burgeoning network. Both features were introduced via the official Google blog yesterday, with What&#8217;s Hot described as &#8220;a new place to visit for interesting and unexpected content&#8221; outside of the personal filter provided by friends and family already included in your Circles. &#8220;Sometimes you want to know what the world is so excited about,&#8221; explained SVP of Engineering Vic Gundotra. (MORE: Google: U.S. Gov&#8217;t, Police Make More Requests for Private Data in 2011) Something that&#8217;s closer to actually being exciting is Ripples, which Gundotra wrote was a way to &#8220;help people re-live&#8230; conversations &#8211; both to rekindle that initial excitement, and to learn how posts flow across the network.&#8221; The &#8220;still experimental&#8221; feature allows you to view the activity around any public Google + post, purely by selecting &#8220;View Ripples.&#8221; Check out the above video to see how it works. Google also introduced the Google+ Creative Kit—a limited photo-edit software within the network—and the ability to access Google+ for all Google Apps customers in yesterday&#8217;s announcements. Google+ may remain the social network that most people have already forgotten exists, but it&#8217;s clearly trying hard to change that. MORE: Google Music Store &#8216;Close&#8217; According to Google SVP Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101295&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Google</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/companies-2/google/</primary_category_link>
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		<title>Google Giving &#8216;Buzz&#8217; the Axe</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/14/google-giving-buzz-the-axe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone&#8217;s favorite Twitter clone that never really went anywhere is being put to sleep sometime in the next few weeks. Google Buzz was launched in February of 2010, immediately ran into trouble for opting every Gmail user into the service, and ended up paying out an $8.5 million settlement later that year. It&#8217;s seen a lot of hoopla for a service nobody uses, in other words. And then there&#8217;s Google+, which now pretty well makes Buzz completely irrelevant. Says Google: &#8220;In a few weeks we’ll shut down Google Buzz and the Buzz API, and focus instead on Google+. While people obviously won&#8217;t be able to create new posts after that, they will be able to view their existing content on their Google Profile, and download it using Google Takeout&#8230; &#8230;Changing the world takes focus on the future, and honesty about the past. We learned a lot from products like Buzz, and are putting that learning to work every day in our vision for products like Google+. Our users expect great things from us; today’s announcements let us focus even more on giving them something truly awesome.&#8221; While we likely won&#8217;t see any measurable outrage over Buzz&#8217;s closure, Google&#8217;s also closing down Code Search, Jaiku, iGoogle&#8217;s social features, Google Labs, and the University Research Program for Google Search if you want to try to find something in the list to get whipped up about. Other than that, the old &#8220;fail fast&#8221; adage appears to be alive and well. MORE: A Brief History of Google&#8217;s Social Networking Flops<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=99910&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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	<primary_category>Google</primary_category><primary_category_link>http://techland.time.com/category/companies-2/google/</primary_category_link>
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