Google is integrating its social networking service Buzz into the Web-based version of Gmail for the iPhone and Android phones, but there’s no word on an official dedicated Buzz app for either of the popular mobile platforms.

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Google Adds Buzz to Mobile Gmail, Sort of

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A Brazilian court Tuesday fined US Internet giant Google for not blocking pages of dirty jokes on its social networking site Orkut.

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Brazil fines Google for not censoring dirty jokes (AFP via Yahoo! News)

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Here are some tweaks Google could make to its social networking service to make it a better experience for everyone.

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Google Buzz: 10 Changes I’d Like to See (PC World)

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NEW YORK – Google scrambled over the weekend to try to contain mounting criticism of Buzz, its social network, apologizing to users for features widely seen as endangering privacy and announcing product changes.

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Stung by critics, Google alters Buzz (Boston Globe)

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Google moved quickly over the weekend to try to contain mounting criticism of Buzz, its social network, apologizing to users for features that were widely seen as endangering privacy and announcing product changes to address those concerns.

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Anger Leads to Apology From Google About Buzz (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

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