links for 2010-02-10

• Google Buzz
  So here we go … Google's answer to (parts of) Facebook, Twitter, the review site that must not be named … all of it.
  (tags: google googlebuzz socialsoftware)
• Google Buzz goes after Facebook, Twitter – CNN.com
  I am interested to see what Google with do with this space. It can't be worse than what Facebook is doing. (Yes, my Facebook page changed today. Whee.) From the article: "Google plunged into the world of social networking on Tuesday, melding pieces of Facebook and Twitter into a new feature, Google Buzz." (via funkyplaid)
  (tags: google socialsoftware googlebuzz)
• 2 tragedies in S.F. involving city vehicles
  As any pedestrian here can tell you, it is an incredibly dangerous city to navigate. From the article: "One pedestrian was killed and another was seriously injured in separate, almost simultaneous traffic accidents in different parts of San Francisco this afternoon involving a Muni bus and a city water department truck, officials and witnesses said."
  (tags: sanfrancisco muni death injury traffic)