If you're thinking Google has killed off Google+, its main challenger to Facebook, shame on you. You've forgotten the Google+ predecessor, Google Buzz. Perhaps because the less than 2-year-old feature has long since faded into obscurity, Google Buzz has finally been given the ax.
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"To succeed you need real focus and thought -- thought about what you work on and, just as important, what you don't work on," the Google blog post reads. "It's why we recently decided to shut down some products, and turn others into features of existing products."Google launched Buzz in February 2010, then proceeded to launch Google+ in June 2011, which quickly became the fastest-growing social network in history.For those who loved Buzz and are sad to see it go, Google says users can still see old Buzz posts on their Google Profile and download a copy of their Buzz data via Google Takeout.Follow TheStreet.com on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
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