Google Wave was introduced in Google I/O. Google I/O is a developer gathering focused on pushing the boundaries of web applications using Google and open web technologies.
Google Wave is still in the making. However, it was conceptualize a few years ago and it has now mature to let developers get their hands dirty on developing API for it. More information after the break.
What is Google Wave?
Google Wave is a product that helps users communicate and collaborate on the web. A “wave” is equal parts conversation and document, where users can almost instantly communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Google Wave is also a platform with a rich set of open APIs that allow developers to embed waves in other web services and to build extensions that work inside waves.
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.
To me, this is the combination of all social network tools put together and able to use them at the same time. It has the right elements to be developed into something more powerful.
Unlike other social networks, Google Wave allows websites to embed it into them. If you think “Isn’t this same as how Google Maps has started out?”, you are correct as they are from the people that brought you Google Maps.
Click Here to Google Wave Website
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