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Google Buzz's last-gasp addition to your Google Drive

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This QuickTip is about a file that Google Buzz is going to put into your Google Drive, as part of it's final turn-off routine, for all Buzz accounts that haven't yet been deleted. Google Buzz was one of Google's early-and-short-lived social networking attempts, but was used by some bloggers looking to promote their blogs. It was closed down in October 2011 I haven't seen it published in any of the Google blogs that I follow, but recently I was sent an email saying that t he last step in the close-down will happen o n or after 17 July 201 3, when Google  will save a copy of the Buzz posts from any remaining active Buzz accounts to the account-holders  Google Drive .  There will be two types of file, and the files won't  count against your storage limits.   They say: The first will be private, only accessible to you, and have a snapshot of the Google Buzz public and private posts that  you wrote . The second will have  a copy of your  Google Buzz p...