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Google Buzz Could Push other Services Into Open Standards

This morning I wrote a short post on the way that tools like tweetdeck bring parts of Social web together. I lamented how Googles new update service would add yet another protocol to work with.  Well according to Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb, Google's new Buzz service could change the entire social updates game because it's relying on open data standards.  This could push Twitter, Facebook and others to open their own services.  Read more on Marshall K.'s post here.