Responding to Buzz backlash, Google creates War Room and enters ‘Code Red’
Last week, Google unveiled its answer to Twitter and Facebook, Google Buzz. For about a day, the Internet was excited — and then it grew angry. “F*** you, Google,” wrote a Gizmodo blogger. “You have destroyed over ten years of my goodwill and adoration, just so you could try and out-MySpace MySpace.” The problem? Many Gmail users unknowingly opted in to Google Buzz. To its credit, Google has apologized and applied a fix. “Since this early failing, Google employees R…
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