Tag: GOOGLEWAVE

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/11/06/ten-gadgets-to-make-google-wave-more-productive-and-fun/'; It's still early days for Google Wave but already there are a large number of Gadgets and Robots being developed. If you don't know the difference, Gadgets are local, client-side (as in they run on your computer), Javascript and HTML. Robots run remotely on another server. ...

You may have already figured out that you can use Google Wave in Safari on the iPhone, but now there's a better alternative. Waveboard, one of the early attempts at a desktop Wave client, now has an iPhone app. The Waveboard app will run you 99 cents, but it's a much faster way to check your Waves than loading them up in the built-in browser. Waveboard basically gives you the same thing you get ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/11/03/10-web-apps-you-should-be-running-on-your-mac-with-fluid/'; tweetmeme_source = 'downloadsquad'; As web apps become more powerful, more popular, and more full-featured, they're starting to replace desktop apps for many people. A Mac app called Fluid can pull those web applications onto your desktop and turn them into OS X native ...

Google Wave is an innovative new communication tool, but part of innovation is that it's not always intuitive to use. Early adopters have been jumping into Wave with little guidance on how to take advantage of all its features. I guess you could watch the 90-minute Wave video, but that's not exactly a quick-start guide. Well, there's a saying almost as old as computers themselves, and it goes: ...

If you haven't heard of Google Wave yet -- a) wake up! and b) watch this tech demo. It's long, but if you're a nerd, or someone who uses the Internet a lot, you'll find it more exciting than the latest Harry Potter film. And at only 80 minutes, it's not a potentially-bladder-exploding endurance event, unlike the bespectacled wizard wannabe. And with that said, the goodies: Download Squad are ...

If you were hoping the title meant I had gotten wind of some kind of Microsoft-sponsored sabotage, I'm sorry to disappoint you... Even though there are thousands and thousands of Google Wave users now, it seems like the number of available invites isn't keeping pace with demand. I barely mention Wave, and yet I've still had people hounding me on Twitter for a spare invite. They're even being ...

In rather exciting (though perhaps predictable) news, Google has announced that there will be an official Wave App Store! There are still very few people using Wave, but hopefully you've all watched the Wave technology demo and been suitably impressed, or even dribbled a little if you're like me. I'm sure as the codebase solidifies and bugs are ironed out, we'll begin to see a lot more invites, ...

The good news is that there's now a Google Wave desktop client for the Mac. The bad news is that it's not yet that much better than the web interface or a Fluid app. The app is called Waveboard, and it looks quite promising, although it's still in its early stages. In case a prototype for Wave on the desktop isn't cool enough for you, there's also an iPhone app in the works. Waveboard offers a ...

That was fast! Google Wave's barely been available for a week, and there's already a Google Wave Notifier extension for Firefox. The notifier sits in your status bar and shows the number of waves with unread messages in your inbox (not the total number of unread messages, mind you). It's small, unobtrusive, and checks for messages at an adjustable interval. Of course, you can also manually ...

After playing with Google Wave for about a week, I found myself wishing I could check my waves on the go. How is this thing going to replace email in the future if I have to be at my computer to use it? Well, it turns out that Wave does work on at least two mobile platforms: the iPhone and Google Android. Although the mobile versions of these browsers aren't technically supported - so you'll have ...

According to the official Google blog, 100,000 invitations to Google's most hotly-anticipated new service, Google Wave, are going out today. Wave is being touted as a communication tool that reimagines the way email should work. When Download Squad took a look at Wave back in May, Lee explained it this way: Create a Wave, add people to it, toss in some gadgets, feeds, and photos, and mix with a ...