Google shutting down Buzz to focus on Google+

Google plans to shut down its Google Buzz service and the Buzz API within the span of "a few weeks." The announcement was made by Bradley Horowitz, VP of Product at Google in a blog post on the official Google blog. Titled "A fall sweep," Horowitz also announced the impending closure of various Google products such as Jaiku, Code Search and Google Labs, as well as the social networking features on its iGoogle site.