Google Wave

Google makes Wave a little more Twittery

Google has introduced a couple of small changes to how its communication platform Wave behaves, in response to public demand. After users complained that public waves were clogging up inboxes, Google has tweaked the functionality so that waves are now "followed", and...

Google apps getting more Wave-y interface?

Could all of Google's web applications be getting an interface refresh that would make them more like Google Wave? Screenshots published by Engadget appear to suggest that may be that case, though it's not clear how far the changes are away.

In Wave, it's possible...

Google Wave gets crowd-sourced user manual

It's no secret that Google Wave is a little tricky to get your head around. When confronted with the Wave dashboard for the first time, many people scratch their heads and ask "uhh... what now?". Well, Gina Trapani and Adam Pash from productivity blog Lifehacker have...

Google about to allow private Wave servers?

Google Wave may be about to open up its servers for federation, if reports from TheNextWeb are correct. If true, it would mean that businesses and corporations will imminently be able to download everything they need to run their own Google Wave server.

If that's...

Google Wave users get more invites

It looks like Google is rolling out a second set of invites to Google Wave users. When logging in, users that have burnt through their initial five invites are finding that they've now been granted an additional twelve to dole out to whoever they like.

The invites...

Five things that Google Wave can do for you

It certainly can't have escaped you that Google Wave has arrived but, whether you've managed to get an invite or not, what you might have missed is the point of the whole exercise. Yes, it's a new way of communicating, mixing e-mail, IM, extensions, gadgets and all sorts...

VIDEO: First Google Wave desktop client arrives

In our first-look review of Google Wave, we argued that - like Twitter - Wave needs applictions for it to be truly useful. The first of those desktop applications has arrived - albeit in a very limited state and only for Mac users.

Waveboard is currently in version...

VIDEO: Pulp Fiction retold in Google Wave

If you've not managed to grab an invite for Google Wave yet, and the videos of its functionality that are out there on the Web aren't good enough for you, then you might fancy seeing the new communications platform from Jules Winnfield's point of view.

We'd warn...

Google Wave working on iPhone and Android?

Those of you lucky enough to both be in the Google Wave preview and own an iPhone or Android device might be interested to hear that the service apparently works on mobile.

If you visit wave.google.com in your mobile browser, you should find an interface that...

Google Wave invites now available

If things at Google HQ are running according to plan, then invites for Google Wave should be going out around now. The company told the BBC that it plans to open the service to 100,000 beta testers from 1600BST on 30 September.

Each of those invited will get...

Google Wave approaches public beta

Google Wave - the company's attempt to combine IM, email, and sharing functionality into an open-source communications platform - will be rolling out to the first lot of beta testers on 30 September. If you'd like to know more, hit play on the video above for a 10-minute...

Email replacement Shareflow launches

A new software service called Shareflow has launched, the creation of NYC-based company Zenbe. Until recently, Zenbe worked on little productivity tools, but this is its most impressive project so far.

Shareflow aims to let users ditch IM, email, wikis and other...

Google Wave gets beta launch date

Google's new "Wave" service, announced in May, is to open to the public in a controlled beta program in September of this year, it's been announced.

Wave combines instant messaging, email and sharing functionality to create a potentially powerful open-source...

Microsoft and Google trade blows over Wave and Bing

Microsoft and Google have been trading blows over their recently announced products, with Microsoft calling Wave "anti-web", and Google dismissing Bing as something Microsoft does "about once a year".

First was Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie,...

A quick guide to Google Wave

What is it?
It is the next possible stage in the evolution of email from Google, which has also been said to be the next biggest thing in an communication and collaboration tool for today and it runs from inside a web browser much like Gmail....

Google announces "Wave"

At Google's I/O event in the San Francisco, the company has given the public a sneak peek of a new system, due to be launched later in the year, called "Wave".

Billed as "what email would look like if it were invented today", Wave combines instant messaging,...