Google Buzz. Google Buzz was introduced in the year 2010 as the fifth attempt of Google for a social networking site. Today when I visited Buzz I saw a shocking notification saying that Google is gonna retire Buzz in a few weeks. Here is the notice which I received.

Well Google says that Buzz will be closed and the users will not be able to make further posts in Buzz but they can have access to their older posts which they made through two different ways. 1. Google Profile : Every one who has a Google account has a Google profile. Login to your Google profile using this link and you will see your dashboard out there. In the header tabs click on Buzz and there you will be able to see your posts.

2. Google Takeout : Google Takeout was a service introduced by Google which enables you to download your information from different Google services. You can download your information from services like Google +, Buzz, Gmail contacts, Picasa etc. Login to Google Takeout using your Google account from this link. Now you can see different services from which you can download your data. Click on the choose services button and you will be able to select services from which you want to download data’s.

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Select Buzz and click the create archive button. Then you will be taken to a page where you will have the option to download the data. A short history on Google Buzz :In its fifth attempt at social networking and second at micro blogging Google launched Buzz, integrated with Gmail. The service integrates feeds from websites including Picasa, Flickr, Google Reader, Youtube and others. I was a diehard fan of Google Buzz even after the arrival of Google +. But because of the arrival of Google +, Google planned to close Buzz as they thought only less number of users were interested in Buzz.

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Here is a short passage from wikipedia which says about the history of Google Buzz :