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One of the questions surrounding Google Buzz for mobile was whether or not the search giant planned on using the app to replace Google Latitude. That isn't the case, and instead Google will try different points of integration between Google Latitude and the new Google Buzz for mobile application, eWeek.com claims to have heard from a Google product manager.
"Latitude is a friend-finding app. It's about a user continuously sharing location," said Steve Lee, product manager for Google Maps for mobile and Google Latitude. "Google Buzz is about creating conversations, and keeping up to date with friends and keeping your friends up to date about you. It lets you share photos of places where you're at. If I'm at this restaurant, I can take a photo of a meal, post it in a click, and friends can see it in Gmail and comment on it."
In other words, they're different apps with different goals, and according to Lee, Google is still investing in Latitude. But that's not all Google is doing.
"Down the road, there might be points of integration between Buzz and Latitude, but they are separate products, and have different use cases," Lee said.
Lee didn't get into details, but did note that Google is thinking of what apps it can build that have certain compelling use cases and how they might location enhance those apps.
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