Christopher Hoofnagle Says Google Launched Buzz to Boost Its Social Web Influence

PC World, October 13, 2010 by Mark Sullivan
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“Buzz was a direct reaction to the possible disintermediation of Google by Twitter and Facebook,” says Chris Hoofnagle, director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. “It was Google’s way of keeping people from switching to Facebook or Twitter as their default communication vehicle on the Web.”