MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA – When it comes to Google’s “monopoly”, the search giant can easily control what users get and don’t get. In this case, Google has bundled Android, its own operating system, with Buzz – the competitor to Twitter.

Google Buzz is far from being real competition to Twitter, even though it is now included in GMail, and Google will push it on Android, and wherever else it can. Twitter has beaten many other micro-blogging websites from the market, such as Jaiku, which was once in Google’s portfolio.

The service is more than just a micro-blogging portal, it enables simple social networking by allowing users to easily share links, photos, video-ratings, and more. Pretty much like Twitter, although everything is unified, without the need for third-party apps. As Buzz is quite young, there are very few programs that allow connectivity to it, although with time this should change.

If apps dedicated to Twitter begin to bundle Buzz connectivity, that could surely pose some threat to the famous micro-blogging service.

The Google Android widget for Buzz brings a simple bar to the home screen, with the ability to attach photos, and share location. It is compatible from Android 1.6, comes in English, and can be downloadable for free from the Android Marketplace.

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