Google recently announced Google Wave. It has only been released as a developer preview, but it should be open to the public later (as an open-source project) in 2009.
Imagine a dozen people editing the same document over the Internet at the same time. No big deal, right? We can do that now.
Now imagine that everyone can SEE all the changes occurring in REAL TIME.
NOW imagine that none of the people editing the document speak the same language, yet they can read and edit it in their native language.
Google Wave is a highly collaborative tool for communication and other good things. If adopted by the mainstream it could replace email, text messaging and social networking sites.
Of course, much remains to be seen. There will be questions about security, etc. But Google Wave’s paradigm will probably change how we think about the Internet in general.
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