Introducing Google Wave

Google Wave

About Google Wave

Google Wave is a new model for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.
Here’s a preview of just some of the aspects of this new tool.

The Main Screen

Some more Action Shots

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What is a wave?

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.

Some key technologies in Google Wave

Real-time collaboration Natural language tools Extending Google Wave

Concurrency control technology lets all people on a wave edit rich media at the same time.

Watch the tech video

Server-based models provide contextual suggestions and spelling correction.

Watch the tech video

Embed waves in other sites or add live social gadgets, thanks to Google Wave
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119 comments

  1. Jason /

    Sorry guys! My invites haven’t come through yet!
    Several people I know are on it, but it’s been pretty hectic so they haven’t had time to send them all out yet…

    Has anyone here gotten one yet from Google or otherwise??
    I was on the original Google waiting list before the IO convention, and I signed up with 12 E-mail Addresses… Can I really be so unlucky?

    Maybe so….

    But no fear, I’ve got someone who said they’d drop me one, but they are at work atm.

  2. Kamikaze /
  3. Neforo /

    Invite me!
    ivan.zhukov@gmail.com
    Thank you!

  4. drakedrake /

    Did anyone here get a invite?
    I havn’t got anything :(

  5. Ryn26 /

    hahaha, little ponies blog :D still waiting any invite.. ;(

  6. litecrush /

    Invite please litecrush@gmx.com :D
    i’ll send out a lot of invites if i get one

  7. http://twitter.com/twephanie says invites are still to come. At least she said some time ago. And I hope she’ll tweet when she sends them out.

  8. andyfinchy /

    If anyone has a spare invite, andrewmartinfinch@gmail.com
    I’ll contribute invites if I get one. I subscribed aswell if it helps :) thanks!!

  9. andyfinchy /

    I personally cant wait for google wave to launch as soon as I found out about it I applied for an invite lets hope I got in early enough! I cant wait to try out the amazing number of different features and robots. Its like GMail all over again!!!

  10. I would enjoy any invite

    curt.youngblood@gmail.com

  11. drakedrake /

    Going to bed, can’t wait to check my mail tomorrow :D I’ll sleep with my fingers crossed. (and dream about my little ponies xD)

    martindilling@gmail.com

  12. meteodub /

    I have 10 google wave invites, I respond on http://twitter.com/meteodub

  13. If there’s a Wave invite left, I’d love it. I’ll then share mine.

    Thanks.

  14. drakedrake /

    But why not a blog about Tech AND My Little Ponies ^^ best blog ever xD uuh, and don’t forget Power Rangers :D

  15. drakedrake /

    Does anyone know then they will get out? Here in Denmark it’s not September 30th anymore xD
    It’s 00:01 Sep 31th :P

    martindilling@gmail.com

  16. chinetti /

    Hi Jason do you know at what time is Google going to sent the invitations? i was wondering that, thanks for the sharing again

    oscar.frassinetti@gmail.com

  17. hahah “My Little Ponies” good one jason. i subscribed too, to make clear i’m not here for ponies. as posted above i will invite as much people from this list as i can. people should answer who already got an invitation, so no invites get lost.
    i subscribed with the same email as posted above:
    sensou at gmail.com

    cheers

  18. Please, can you give me an invite please? I would really appreciate it, because I write for this techology website in Norway and we would like to test Wave, and tell Norway about it!

    If we could get an invite, it would we fantastic. Best regards from Norway

    Øyvind

    v/teknologia.no

  19. drakedrake /

    And it is a good site ;) and I’ll send out some invites too (if I get one myself xD)
    can’t wait to try it out :D

  20. A My Little Ponies blog would be awesome, don’t diss it :P

    • LOL @Josh :P
      @DrakeDrake We still have a few hours to go before they are all sent out to the seed inviters.

  21. drakedrake /

    I’ll RT when I get my invite ;)
    Can’t see a reason to advertise for something if it isn’t true :)

    martindilling@gmail.com

    • WEEELLLLL the reason to RT is to let more ppl in to share, thus increasing your odds of getting an invite… That only makes logical sense!? I mean the invites from Google aren’t even sent out yet! Am I’m only going to get 40, I didn’t think I was asking too much. But It doesn’t bother me, I really do only want ppl to RT if they like the site. I’m sure it’s not for everyone, I mean this isn’t a blog about My Little Ponies, it’s a tech blog!

  22. Moreno92 /

    Pleaseee send me an inviteeee………. anyone that gets one
    moreno92.1@gmail.com

  23. RT & subscribed. Even if I don’t get one, applaud you for offering free invites. Thanks. ibusching AT gmail dot …

  24. Hello Jason,

    I’d be every happy if you could send me an invite. I haven’t yet subscribed to your blog but seeing that picasa and CHDK are some of the topics you write about, I will definitely stop by once in a while now.

    Thanks,
    Jack

    Oh, my email adresse. .. Do you really need it? Can’t you see that through my WP-profile? Anyway: it’s
    -REMOVED-

    *Admin Edit* Yes I can see it, but if you don’t want others to help you out it’s optional *Admin Edit*

    Thank you very much and have a nice day.

  25. farzaam /

    Invite me too plz! I will share too

    farzaam.net@gmail.com

  26. If you will send me invite you will be the best: rinaldsaz@gmail.com

  27. Hello, I have RT this. Can you send me invite?

    toomii00@gmail.com

    Thank You!

  28. TRSavage /

    I’d love an invite if people come back with more. savage.follower@gmail.com

    Thanks, and I’ll return to share if I get one.

    I RSSed too.

    TRS

  29. Oh and Please RT this if you can, thank you all!!

  30. chinetti /

    Thanks for the sharing, Could I get an invite? :D oscar.frassinetti@gmail.com

  31. Please. Invite me too

    Patrick@family-wagner.com

  32. idastheman /

    I think i’m subscribed. Here’s my e-mail just incase

    airidasguobis at gmail.com

    thanks

  33. thekent /

    i’d like an invite too, please ktaha96@gmail.com Thanks in advance

    K

  34. me too please! i subscribed as well!

    bloopers at gmail

  35. michalhron /

    michalhron.ml @gmail.com

  36. Please send me an invitation. metiny AT gmail.com

  37. Would love a Wave invite: ryan.smith.james@gmail.com

    Thanks.

  38. loic19871 /

    Can I get one invite too? loic19871@gmail.com
    Thanks!

  39. Could I get an invite, please? :D 1337ninja@gmail.com

  40. Please send me a invitation on yeh0822@gmail.com

  41. smj2118 /

    Thanks a lot! I’d appreciate one too samantha.m.john@gmail.com

  42. Rm Sorg /

    Hello, thanks for this info!! I just caught wind of this couple of days ago. I would really appreciate an invite! Thanks! rosie4christ@gmail.com

    I will definitely share when I get an invite!!!

    Sharing and learning!

    RM

  43. drakedrake /

    magnusdilling (at) gmail.com

    :D

  44. Fatalpath /

    Fatalpath@msn.com

    I would love an invite, it would turn my day right around.

    Thanks in advance!

  45. I will only get 40 and so should each of you!
    But after that 40 It’ll run out in a few days(Guessing)

    So If anyone here gets one, really do share around with us. I’ll give 100% here that I can!

  46. andrewsayer /

    May I grab one, please my good man?
    andrewsayer@gmail.com

  47. herdpress /

    Subscribed. Hope you brought enough for everyone. :)

  48. Would very much appreciate an invite, keen to get in and get working! Will return to share the wealth.

    burke.paul@gmail.com

  49. idioten /

    I would love an invite!

    olahelland@hotmail.com

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