Google announced a new in-browser real-time communication and collaboration tool that is being hailed by some as paradigm changing. It’s expected to be released sometime later this year.
Mashable reports that Google Wave “combines aspects of email, instant messaging, wikis, web chat, social networking, and project management into one elegant, in-browser communication client.”
Of particular interest: Google Wave is extendable, open source, and Open Social.
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