Google Wave Basics

We congratulate our Google Wave Invite Contest Winners!

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:38:33 +0000

Several days ago we launched our Massive Google Wave Invite Givaway – now it’s time to award the winners! The people who commented on the question why they would need Google Wave in their lives, are getting their Google Wave invitations in their mailboxes as we speak (remember that it takes Google a few hours [...]

Massive Google Wave Invite Givaway! Comment and Win One!

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:13:51 +0000

We have been really busy during the last few weeks sorting out our fresh Google Wave account, and now it’s time for our MASSIVE GOOGLE WAVE INVITE GIVAWAY! Here’s how you can participate: before 30 November 2009 answer this simple question in the comments below: ‘HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE YOUR GOOGLE WAVE ACCOUNT? [...]

Great Google Wave Video Tutorial: What Is Google Wave?

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:13:25 +0000

While most of us are waiting for Monday to see if we’re lucky to get a Google Wave invite (and as it turns out, lots and lots of us are still without one!), we thought it wouldn’t hurt to get to know this Google Wave thing a little bit better. [...]

Google Wave Invites: We All Want Them, Will We All Get Them?

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:58:23 +0000

‘Google Wave Invite is something that can make you happy. Google Wave invite is better than your morning coffee. It’s something you’ve waited for years…’ m-m-m-m…. Repeating this googlemantra obviously did not help us. Here’s the fact: no Google Wave invite in our mailbox yet, as of 1 October 2009. Does it mean we should [...]

First Google Wave Invites are Starting To Arrive!

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:16:19 +0000

We have not got ours yet, but not losing hope: according to Lars Rasmussen’s twitter, first batch of Google Wave invitations is already in people’s mailboxes. He’s saying that the first recipients are the Sandbox users (those who participated in the Google Wave developer preview that started in May), but he also added [...]

Google Wave Invites: Still Waiting For Yours?

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:14:15 +0000

30 September is over, but you still don’t see your invite to start using Google Wave? No need to worry! Since Google Wave team is located in Australia, they will be sending out those 100.000 invites on Thursday morning (their, Australian morning!) which is around late Wednesday night in USA. They want this done this particular [...]

Google Wave Launches In Less Than 24 Hours – Fingers Crossed!

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:06:53 +0000

Less than a day left until Google Wave launches and 100 thousand users receive their long-expected account invitations. We have been following most of Google Wave basics already: provided Google Wave screenshots, explained the terminology, together watched some Google Wave videos and read about the people who made this all happen. We are overexcited now (probably you [...]

Google Wave: The clock is ticking!

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:16:03 +0000

There’s not much time left until we finally see Google Wave: on 30th September Google will start sending out those 100 thousand invites for the Google Wave early tests to the lucky ones. If you haven’t done so yet, run to the Google Wave page and subscribe – you may still be able to get one! Some [...]

Google Wave Terminology

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:20:38 +0000

Guess what! Though this whole ‘Google Wave’ thing is still very very young, it has already got its own terms and definitions. Not enough for a full glossary (just yet), I am afraid, but here are a few that you should know before they launch it: What is a Wave: A wave is basically a threaded [...]

Why Was It Called This Way?

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:13:46 +0000

As it turns out, the name ‘Google Wave’ was inspired by the American TV-series called ‘Firefly‘ aired in 2002 in US and Canada. In the series, a Wave was the means of electronic communication (very often it consisted of a video call or a video message). During the developer preview, one of the ‘fathers’ of Google [...]