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Great Google Wave Video Tutorial: What Is Google Wave?

October 4th, 2009 admin 1 comment

google-wave-video-tutorial While most of us are waiting for Monday to see if we’re lucky to get a Google Wave invite (and as it turns out, lots and lots of us are still without one!), we thought it wouldn’t hurt to get to know this Google Wave thing a little bit better.

Would you like to hear and see Google Wave explained in plain, simple English?

Well, you have this opportunity! Please welcome: Google Wave Video Tutorial!

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Google Wave Invites: Still Waiting For Yours?

October 1st, 2009 admin No comments

google-wave-logo 30 September is over, but you still don’t see your invite to start using Google Wave? No need to worry!

Since Google Wave team is located in Australia, they will be sending out those 100.000 invites on Thursday morning (their, Australian morning!) which is around late Wednesday night in USA.

They want this done this particular way because they feel the need to be fresh and ready on ‘their’ morning to be able to provide all the support they can.

So – still waiting! We’ll let you know the moment we get ours, and will start describing the sweet things Google Wave can do!

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Google Wave Launches In Less Than 24 Hours – Fingers Crossed!

September 30th, 2009 admin 1 comment

google wave logo 300x294 Google Wave Launches In Less Than 24 Hours   Fingers Crossed!

Less than a day left until Google Wave launches and 100 thousand users receive their long-expected account invitations.

We have been following most of Google Wave basics already: provided Google Wave screenshots, explained the terminology, together watched some Google Wave videos and read about the people who made this all happen. Read more…

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Google Wave: The clock is ticking!

September 4th, 2009 admin 1 comment

google wave screenshot 300x195 Google Wave: The clock is ticking!

There’s not much time left until we finally see Google Wave: on 30th September Google will start sending out those 100 thousand invites for the Google Wave early tests to the lucky ones.

If you haven’t done so yet, run to the Google Wave page and subscribe – you may still be able to get one! Read more…

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Google Wave Terminology

June 16th, 2009 admin 3 comments

Google Wave Terminology image

Guess what!

Though this whole ‘Google Wave’ thing is still very very young, it has already got its own terms and definitions.

Not enough for a full glossary (just yet), I am afraid, but here are a few that you should know before they launch it: Read more…

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Why Was It Called This Way?

June 12th, 2009 admin 1 comment

firefly google wave name Why Was It Called This Way?As it turns out, the name ‘Google Wave’ was inspired by the American TV-series called ‘Firefly‘ aired in 2002 in US and Canada.


In the series, a Wave was the means of electronic communication (very often it consisted of a video call or a video message). Read more…

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Google Wave: Who Is Behind It?

June 12th, 2009 admin 1 comment

lars rasmussen2 Google Wave: Who Is Behind It?So, who invented Google Wave technology? Who is this genius?

In fact, there are two – and they are brothers!

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When Will It Go Live?

June 10th, 2009 admin No comments

At the moment Google Wave is still in the later development stage and is not yet available to public (only a limited number of developers have received the account details).

However, Google has made promises to launch the fully-functional Google Wave interface before the end of this year – something to look forward to, right?!

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What Browsers Does Google Wave Support?

June 10th, 2009 admin No comments

Google Chrome, which is just gaining popularity, will seem to be the optimal tool for Goolge Wave, while Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Opera will do just well, too.

Unfortunately, Microsoft Internet Explorer is not likely to be supported by this ‘Google Wave’ technology. Read more…

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What is the Google Wave API?

June 10th, 2009 admin No comments

The Google Wave API gives developers enough power to work with Google Wave in the following ways:

  • Extensions: task automation or gadgets
    By creating robot extensions (robots) to automate most common tasks or by building gadget extensions devellopers will be able to provide a new way of interaction for users
  • Embedding into sites
    You will be able to embed waves seamlessly into your site.
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