teh cool
it's a nice amalgamation of various internet communication tools
once again google give you a proper usefull bit of kit
google raising the bar... in a good way
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Started 6 months, 4 weeks ago by lozenge
The team that brought google maps to the world have been busy for the last couple of years with an open source in-browser 'app' that will likely once again have a big impact on online communication.
Check out the video if you're geeky enough to have a spare hour and 20 minutes... http://wave.google.com/
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lozenge replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
yeah, bringing everything together in 1 place like that is cool, the context sensitive spelling and live translation are outstanding, but I can't help but wonder how much of it they'll be logging, storing, data-mining, and using to target ads and who knows what else.
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Shippou-Chan replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
not got to those bits yet
any how google are fairly good about data privacy they know that because data is their game they have to respect it
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Shippou-Chan replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
the on the fly translation is glorious
well from what i have seen... it could really make the diffrence when talking to international contacts
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TheHoodedClaw replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Google staff are such geeks. This is a good thing.
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Corax replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
This could potentially kill email, IM, faceb**k and vbulletin amongst others couldn't it?
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TheHoodedClaw replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
Having nothing better to do I just watched the whole thing. Wow, this is cool stuff, and as the poster above says this really raises the bar. Two thoughts:
a) How on earth are they planning to make money with this - they are going to open source it and so anyone can set up a Wave server of their own. This runs counter to the ad based model that is 99% of Google revenue. They are a strange ...
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purplex replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
fuck google, another american corporate dressed in a friendly face, they only care about profits. Dont be fooled!
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TheHoodedClaw replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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fuck google, another american corporate dressed in a friendly face, they only care about profits. Dont be fooled!
Right kids!
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TheHoodedClaw replied 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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fuck google, another american corporate dressed in a friendly face, they only care about profits. Dont be fooled!
God you are so aware!
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