Goodbye to Google Wave; Service to be Discontinued by End of the Year

Google announced on its blog that Google Wave, the innovative communication platform released last year, will be discontinued by end of this year.

Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.

Refer to http://hongjun.blogspot.com/search/label/Wave to know more of Google Wave.

Google Wave Available for Everyone

As of now, Google Wave will be made available to all. Simply visit wave.google.com and sign right in.

Here's a brief video to illustrate how groups can work together in Wave:

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The Complete Guide to Google Wave Preview PDF

The preview edition of Gina and Adam's new book, The Complete Guide to Google Wave, is now available in PDF form for your offline, ebook-reading pleasure.

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Hackers Exploit Google Wave's Popularity

Hackers are exploiting web users that were too late in signing up for Google Wave, says Symantec. Google Wave is currently open for invitations only, which means you will only be eligible as a member upon receiving an invitation from Google itself.

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Invited for Google Wave

I am finally being invited for Google Wave after almost a month in the queue.

Okay, I have now 20 Google Wave invitations with me. Who wants to wave with me?

You may refer to my earlier post "Understanding What is Google Wave in Two Minutes" to learn more about Google Wave.

Understanding What is Google Wave in Two Minutes

What is Google Wave?

Google Wave First Look

Google Wave Overview

You can find more details about the new Google Wave at LifeHacker.

The Google Wave Highlight Reel

Google new ambitious project, Google Wave, is set to rework email, instant messaging, document sharing, and blogging.

According to the official Google Wave Developer Blog, they'll be extending 100,000 invites to regular old users on September 30.

In the meantime, you may wish to take a closer look at Google Wave with LifeHacker's highlight reel and hands-on Wave Q&A.

Google Wave - Model for Communication and Collaboration on the Web

Google new ambitious project Google Wave, is set to rework email, instant messaging, document sharing, and blogging. It will be available by end of 2009.

Google defines wave as the following:

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.

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