Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Google waves at future

Google Wave is the next step in social networking.

It is the new Big G’s new real-time online communication and collaboration tool for friends, it goes live on September 30, with the service only initially open to a lucky 100,000. Get ready it will be available to everyone from about a month later.

What is Wave?

Depending on Google people:” A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”


A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.


The real strength of Wave is the fact that it combines real-time chat and email in a single web browser window. With this new social networking tool, Google eradicates all the competing platforms in social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, and made it possible to collaborate with anyone you like.

Head over to the official Google Wave page to sign up for the chance of getting an invite.



So, is Wave the next step in communication as Google thinks?

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