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What is Google Wave?

Posted by Michael under Search, Social Media

Google Wave is a new in-browser tool for communication and collaboration that is expected to be launched by Google at the end of this year.

Google Wave has the features of email, IM, blogs, chats, forums and project management software all rolled into one interface that will ensure a distinctive and unified experience to its users. With Google Wave you can communicate and work simultaneously.

Features include:

You can send invitation to an unlimited number of Wave users to join your network.

You can post comment or reply on anything that is posted by another wave user.

You can post rich-formatted text, photos, links and videos just like Facebook feeds. You can also attach any file (photos, pdfs, and videos) or documents from your desktop to your Wave by simple drag and drop.

Twitter and FriendFeed can be streamed in Google Wave.

You can embed your Wave in your website or blog.

You can view character-by-character “live” transmission of instant messages and it can also be disabled if you want to show your message only after it is completed.

Google Waves has an interesting feature, called “Playback”, that allows new users to see how conversation has evolved up to that point.

You can select a part or complete conversation as visible to everyone or a selected group.

Google is making this open source to encourage developers in creating more extensive applications and products. Some of the tools created are:

• Polly – It lets you to add polls to your wave and it has an RSVP feature that can help you in inviting people for any occasion as eVite.

• Bloggy – It lets you start your wave as a blogpost where readers can post their comments in different ways.

In the sidebar of your wave you can play interactive games.

An interesting feature of Google Wave is its ability to export an existing wave as a new wave if gets cluttered and gets confusing.

It is believed that versions for Android and iPhone will also be available this year.

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