14 posts and columns on Google Wave

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Google’s House Gets Even Cleaner With Shutdown of Gears, Knol, Wave

in News on November 22, 2011 at 2:51 pm PT

Google today disclosed plans to shut down or offload seven more products in its third house-cleaning session this fall under new CEO Larry Page. Most of the new targets have already been de-emphasized, so they don’t come as a surprise: Friend Connect (early social platform), Gears (offline access), Wave (newfangeld collaboration), Knol (like Wikipedia), as well as Bookmarks List, Search Timeline and a project called Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal.

Spooking Flipboard: Yahoo’s Livestand — Followed by Google’s Propeller — Set to Launch Next Week

in Media on October 28, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

Memo to Flipboard, Pulse, CNN’s Zite and AOL’s Editions: You might want to make some room in the crowded news and social reader space — you’re about to get some bigfoot company.
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Say You, Say (Google) Me–When Will the Search Giant Get Social Graces?

in News on August 25, 2010 at 8:16 am PT

We all want to be something else, don’t we? And so it is with Google, the robotic, algorithmic, black-box search behemoth girding the globe with datacenters stacked up to heaven. As it turns out, all it really wants is to be our friend. The big question is when it is going to do that, by introducing a social strategy that actually works, even as perceived rival Facebook barrels ahead.

Google Deep-Sixes Wave

in News on August 4, 2010 at 2:10 pm PT

So much for that “20 percent time” idea. Google has decided to discontinue development of Google Wave, its new online collaboration tool. Why? Says Google, “It has not seen the user adoption we would have liked.”

Is “Google Me” Real? “I Won’t Say,” Says Eric Schmidt.

in Media on July 2, 2010 at 4:23 am PT

The Google CEO refuses to deny he’s got a team building a home-grown Facebook. Which doesn’t mean he does! But it is interesting.

Is "Google Me" Real? "I Won't Say," Says Eric Schmidt.

in Media on July 2, 2010 at 4:23 am PT

The Google CEO refuses to deny he’s got a team building a home-grown Facebook. Which doesn’t mean he does! But it is interesting.

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Bing's Take on Twitter Trends Differs From Twitter's

in News on December 1, 2009 at 1:34 pm PT

What Bing says is a hot topic and what Twitter says is a trending topic are not necessarily the same thing, a look at the two services shows. Microsoft in October began showing tweets in Bing’s search results, calling it a way to make Bing more useful as a real-time search service (Google responded by announcing a similar deal).

MSFT, GOOG and AAPL: The Stock Market Three-Step

in News on November 2, 2009 at 2:43 pm PT

Of all the tech stocks to watch, perhaps none have been more interesting to follow than those of Microsoft, Google and Apple in recent days. With so much news emanating from the trio, their shares have been gyrating and twisting on each and every piece of information, so here are some numbers to take a gander at.
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Lonely Planet Names New U.S. Head as Its Digital Strategy Escalates

in News on October 12, 2009 at 10:33 pm PT

Lonely Planet, best known as a traditional travel guidebook publisher, is announcing a new U.S. head tomorrow–John Boris of Zagat Survey–as it increasingly moves to reposition the company as much more of a “cross-media” platform. As the paid versus free content online debate gets louder over the next year, how well known brands like Lonely Planet–which has a strong reputation among consumers–handle the fallout will be more and more interesting to watch.
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Google Wave Invites for Sale on EBay

in News on October 1, 2009 at 7:56 am PT

With Google releasing 100,000 invites to test the beta version of the much-hyped Wave, one enterprising blogger decided to capitalize on all the buzz surrounding the new messaging and collaboration tool by selling his invite on eBay.