Five months of hype have roiled the waters for Google Wave. Is it an Outlook killer? The search giant’s idea of a social network? One unified communications tool to rule us all? The buzz began at May’s Google I/O Developer conference. Now, after much talk in the tech blogosphere and among analysts, Wave is finally in preview mode. Some lucky invitees — yours truly included — were asked to join the testing phase by those who are either developers, key Google Apps business customers or those who were speedy enough to be among the first to volunteer.
Google Wave Beta: Some Undertow, but Lots of Potential
Posted by: Renay San Miguel October 22, 2009 04:00 AMFive months of hype have roiled the waters for Google Wave. Is it an Outlook killer? The search giant’s idea of a social network? One unified communications tool to rule us all? The buzz began at May’s Google I/O Developer conference. Now, after much talk in the tech blogosphere and among analysts, Wave is finally in preview mode. Some lucky invitees — yours truly included — were asked to join the testing phase by those who are either developers, key Google Apps business customers or those who were speedy enough to be among the first to volunteer.