We knew it was coming, but alas, the loss of Google Wave hits us anew now that the execution date has finally come. To say we fully grokked this platform would be untrue, but as we dug through its history to gather our thoughts, we realized what a misunderstood creature Wave really was… Tweet This [...]

Google has shared the dates that several products “which haven’t had the impact we’d hoped for,” will be shutting down. While the company had already announced the end of Google Wave and Google Gears, their respective demises now have specific dates attached… Tweet This Post

Last August, Google asked us all to say good-bye to Google Wave. Some said Wave was ahead of its time, some said that the platform had enough features to sink the Titanic. However, Google today announced some significant updates to its social network, Google+, among them that Google Apps users can now sign up for [...]

What were you up to 13 years ago? Maybe you were perfecting the ideal AIM screen name. Or you might have been surfing the “WestHollywood” neighborhood of GeoCities. Chances are, you had been using Yahoo! or AOL as your primary search engines… Tweet This Post

Google+, the social network Google launched three weeks ago, is off to a much stronger start than the company’s failed Wave and Buzz offerings, according to a Google Trend comparison of the services built from an analysis of search trends… Tweet This Post

Google just made it easier for people to collaborate with each other using Microsoft Office, by officially launching Google Cloud Connect Thursday.Although it’s been in beta since last November, the synchronization service is now available to all, using Google’s vast cloud to store and synchronize any Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel document… Tweet This Post

The Social Analyst is a column by Mashable Co-Editor Ben Parr, where he digs into social media trends and how they are affecting companies in the space. By almost all standards, Google is in great shape… Tweet This Post

Google just officially announced that it will send out 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave tomorrow. These accounts will go to developers who are already in the developers preview and users who signed up for accounts at wave.google.com on a first-come, first-served basis… Tweet This Post