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Google Wave Saved: Now Known as Apache Wave

Looks like the people behind the “Save Google Wave” site have succeeded. Google’s given it to the Apache Software Foundation, where it’ll be known as Apache Wave. High fives all ’round, nerdlingers! [Google Wave Blog] https://gizmodo.com/the-save-google-wave-site-has-a-surprising-number-of-5610001

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 7

Watch The Microwaves Inside A Microwave

Microwaves don’t just use magic to heat up food, they use real microwaves too. Here’s what those invisible microwaves look like. Zeke Kossover built a grid of tiny neon lamps inside a sheet of acrylic. He explains how this will work: Microwaves are invisible, so you can’t see them inside microwave oven, but their presence…

Tech News Casey Chan Nov 20

Google’s Biggest Mistakes? Wave, Gmail’s Launch, and DejaNews

Google’s made some grave errors in the past year (Wi-Fi snooping and Buzz to say the least), but VP Marissa Mayer’s picks of their three worst are surprising, to say the least. https://gizmodo.com/google-snooped-on-you-for-three-years-but-is-profound-5539395 In a video interview with Digg Dialogg, she said that “certainly there are things we’ve learnt from that, certain things we would…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 3

When Rogue Waves Attack

Susan Casey recounts the voyage of the RRS Discovery. Its mission to measure oceanic conditions went horribly awry when the ship was caught amidst the largest waves ever recorded. Waves that shouldn’t exist. 57.5° N , 1 2 .7° W, 1 75 MILES OFF THE COAST OF SCOTLAND FEBRUARY 8 , 2000 The clock read…

Tech News Susan Casey Oct 1

Denmark’s Wave Building Is the Camel’s Humps

The architects of this “Wave” building in Denmark describe it as resembling waves during the day, and mountains in the evenings. Me? I think it looks like a camel caught in quick-sand, with only its two humps poking through. Whatever it looks like, it’s just won a LEAF award for residential building of the year—which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 17

Death of Google Wave Clarified

Writing on the Google Wave blog yesterday, Lars Rasmussen from the Wave team spoke of its scheduled death, confirming that Wave.google.com “will be available at least through the end of the year,” and that “there will be ways to export your waves before the end of the year.” Those 28,000-odd fans of the “Save Google…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 31

The “Save Google Wave” Site Has a Surprising Number of Fans

When Google announced that it would be closing down Wave, hardly a tremor was felt across the land, but seemingly some people out there were using it, as close to 28,000 people are supporting the Save Google Wave website. https://gizmodo.com/rest-in-peace-google-wave-5604678 Google has already stated that they “don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 11

Rest in Peace, Google Wave

While I know that it was useful during manhunts and that Lifehacker loves it, I still don’t really understand Google Wave. But no more worrying about this particular lack of knowledge though, because Google appears to be abandoning the project: https://gizmodo.com/first-made-for-google-manhunt-in-progress-updating-liv-5415608 Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 4

Google Wave Out of Beta, Sure to Become Immensely Popular Now

Google Wave is officially out of beta, so you no longer need an invite to sign up. That is almost certainly why almost no one has been using it, so look for Google Wave to just blow up! I mean, why else would something so complicated and of spurious utility not be popular? [Google via…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jun 21

Everybody Can Ride the Faster, Easier Google Wave Now

There’s a lot of under-the-hood changes to Wave to make it faster, more stable and more extendable with new APIs, among other improvements, but the big news for most people is that now anybody can use it with their standard Google (or Google Apps) account—it’s just going to live in Google Labs for the time…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 19

Cyber Sex on Google Wave: Proceed With Caution

Click to viewAll this time I thought people weren’t using Google Wave because it was generally unwieldy. But after watching this I finally understand: people don’t use Google Wave because it’s specifically unwieldy, for cyber sex. [College Humor]

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 2

Samsung Waves Hello To Wave S8500 Smartphone With Bada OS and SUPER AMOLED Screen

It was hardly a well-kept secret by any stretch of the imagination, but at MWC Samsung’s Wave S8500 has raised its head. It’s running the new Bada OS, and has one of those 3.3-inch SUPER AMOLED screens we saw before. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-touchscreen-amoled-phone-shown-off-ahead-of-bi-5466561 The SUPER AMOLED screen is a 3.3-inch capacitive job, with an 800 x 480…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford Feb 14

Live Photos and Specifications of the Samsung S8500 Wave Emerge

Yesterday we saw the Samsung Wave from afar, today we get our first close look at Samsung’s first Bada-powered handset. The Wave is indeed the S8500, the first handset to receive Bluetooth SIG certification for the new Bluetooth 3.0 standard. Ironically, Bluetooth was left out of the list of leaked specs but we will presume…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert Feb 13

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: That’s No Fun Edition

In today’s Remainders: the unfun. Wait! Don’t go. The items themselves are fun! They just involve unfun. We have a no fun WiFi school bus; a no fun eBook from the White House, an unspectacular Samsung smartphone reveal, and more. Boring Bus I recently took my first trip on a WiFi-enabled airplane. At first I…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 12

The Disgruntled Worker’s Gift Guide for 8 Insufferable Bosses

In this guide we suggest gifts for a variety of bad bosses, from the ones who try too hard to the ones who make you work too hard. Not that I, as a Gizmodo intern, would know anything about that. But for those of you who do hate your bosses, here are the best gifts…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 15

First Made-For-Google Manhunt in Progress (Updating Live)

A Google Wave started by the Seattle Times is being used to track information about the search for a man suspected of killing four police officers. It’s the first Google-supported manhunt and finally a decent use for Wave. Update 6. Due to Google Wave’s real time updating capabilities, this is actually a rather fitting use.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 30

Second Use for Google Wave Discovered: Role Playing Games

I’m trying to like Google Wave, but at the end of the day, I can’t. I don’t really give a damn about it. Recreating movie scenes is cute, but hardly the life-changing paradigm they predicted. RPGs, on the other side… https://gizmodo.com/google-wave-pulp-fiction-so-thats-what-this-thing-is-f-5383239 According to experts, Google Wave is perfect to organize role playing games. Its persistent…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 29

Google Wave Pulp Fiction: So That’s What This Thing Is For

I’ve read the articles, watched the instructional videos, and gotten an invite, but nothing—nothing—has done more to explain to me how this mind-melting Internet Thing works than Pulp Fiction, spectacularly adapted for Google Wave. (Warning: Tarantino language ahead) https://gizmodo.com/google-wave-is-a-frothy-collaborative-mix-of-chat-im-5272121 In the interesting of promoting learning, here’s a shorter scene from Good Will Hunting. Bask in…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 16

Things Easier to Understand Than Google Wave: Metaphysics, Parseltongue, Our Own Existence

Don’t understand Google Wave, even after Google’s helpful video and Lifehacker’s review? You’re not alone: Some jokester created a site where users vote on how confusing Wave really is. Interestingly, while death is easier to understand, women are far harder. https://gizmodo.com/still-dont-know-wtf-google-wave-is-all-about-this-two-5372786 Some of the items are pretty clever, from super esoteric scientific theories (the Meyer-Overton…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Oct 10

Still Don’t Know WTF Google Wave is All About? This Two Minute Animation Might Help

So I get that Google Wave is an attempt to re-invent a modernized version of email. But its mashup of email, documents, and social networking is kinda hard to get your head around. For me at least, this video helped: By the way, if you’re one of the 100,000 who have scored an invite—go here…

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 2

Google Wave Saved: Now Known as Apache Wave

Watch The Microwaves Inside A Microwave

Google’s Biggest Mistakes? Wave, Gmail’s Launch, and DejaNews

When Rogue Waves Attack

Denmark’s Wave Building Is the Camel’s Humps

Death of Google Wave Clarified

The “Save Google Wave” Site Has a Surprising Number of Fans

Rest in Peace, Google Wave

Google Wave Out of Beta, Sure to Become Immensely Popular Now

Everybody Can Ride the Faster, Easier Google Wave Now

Cyber Sex on Google Wave: Proceed With Caution

Samsung Waves Hello To Wave S8500 Smartphone With Bada OS and SUPER AMOLED Screen

Live Photos and Specifications of the Samsung S8500 Wave Emerge

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: That’s No Fun Edition

The Disgruntled Worker’s Gift Guide for 8 Insufferable Bosses

First Made-For-Google Manhunt in Progress (Updating Live)

Second Use for Google Wave Discovered: Role Playing Games

Google Wave Pulp Fiction: So That’s What This Thing Is For

Things Easier to Understand Than Google Wave: Metaphysics, Parseltongue, Our Own Existence

Still Don’t Know WTF Google Wave is All About? This Two Minute Animation Might Help

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