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According to the Google Buzz website with Google Buzz you can:
Go beyond status messages Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting
Integrating a status update or twitter like tool directly into my gmail inbox is brilliant. This is a very good indication that aggregation of Web 2.0 tools is starting to take shape. Unfortunately, users of Google Apps for Education will have to wait several months for this feature to be released. This gives me really good cause go back to my basic gmail account–at least until Buzz come out on Google Apps.
Here is a similar article on the impact Google buzz could have on Facebook and Twitter.
http://mashable.com/2010/02/09/google-buzz-facebook-twitter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
When you look at the numbers – Facebook 400 million, Gmail 36 million and Twitter 18 million it is clear that Twitter has a reason fear Gmail and Buzz. BUT I tend to agree with the author, that if Facebook moves into the webmail game then Gmail has something to fear. It will be very interesting to see how this sorts out.