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I have always love to predict the trend of the market, and the impact of the tools to the internet marketing community.

When the twitter first came out, it is a simple mini blogging tool, which only the USA public were using, that was 3 years back.  I had already made a simple prediction that twitter would be a big thing in social media marketing, and it would be the place where the latest news update is available.

Currently most of the major news agencies and publishers are using twitter to broadcast updates to their journalists and readers.

Now, the newest trend will materialize in the next few months, and by the end of 2010, we shall see that the world will accept a new trend known as Google wave.  It will be a darling for many internet marketers and news agencies. 

The explosive effect of Google wave has already been felt from its alpha developer launch to its beta tester launch.  Millions of testers are willing to test the application.  Why, is it a hype?

It probably is, up to now.  But this hype will continues, since it is a new form of communication tool ... that will replace our existing mode of communication.  It actually integrates the 60 google apps that google has bought over or developed over the years.

Google ultimate strategy is to be the platform for storage, search of information. and with google wave, it will be the largest platform for information collaboration and communication.

My prediction, either facebook combines with google wave and form a new platform, or google create their own social networking platform that will be larger than myspace and facebook combine.

The power of google friend connect allows web developer to change their website into a social networking platform instantly, simply by adding a piece of javascript, while google wave add the functionalities for friends to communicate within the website.

All websites can become a social networking platform instantly with the combination of google wave and google friend connect.  and this will be a major trend for Web 3.0.   
Cheers

Written By Diana Adams

If you are one of those that just arrived to Google Wave it is quite possible that you feel a little lost about what is going on and how things work.

To help you find your way here is a list of 5 Waves you shouldn’t miss:

1. Wave HelpDesk: This is a Wave made by the community, for the community, with the objective of helping users that have questions or that need to know something that they can’t figure out for themselves. The more experienced users are there and will always try to help. Don’t forget to say “Thank you!”
Link: https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BeVmrggfmC

2. Interesting Public Waves: Updated daily and sometimes more than daily, this is a Wave that highlights the best discussions taking place inside Google Wave. A must read.
Link: https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BV78X5R5YD

3. Google Wave Etiquette: What are the dos and don’ts of Google Wave? What is acceptable? What is not? On this Wave you can find a comprehensive list of things that other fellow Wavers will appreciate that you do.
Link: https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BWiwX0j4iZ

4. New and Previewed Features – What are you seeing?: In a world (the Google Wave world) where everything happens so fast, how do you keep track of what is new and what changed? This is the wave to go to! Updated by the community, on this wave you will always be on top of what is happening inside the Wave world.
Link: https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252ByUyzOuHCW

5. Google Wave Features Wish List: If there is something that you think is missing in Google Wave, this is the Wave where you can add your wish. Wish you could change your interface? Add a background? Make that last minute undo? Go here and meet the most demanding and forward thinking Wavers.
Link: https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#restored:search:in%253Aall+Features+List,restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BbOnRIcKcF

anyone using it and more feedback?

i have confidence that Google make great products.

Google Wave has a lot of innovative features, but here are just a few:

- Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing, character-by-character.

- Embeddability: Waves can be embedded on any blog or website.

- Applications and Extensions: Just like a Facebook application or an iGoogle gadget, developers can build their own apps within waves. They can be anything from bots to complex real-time games.

- Wiki functionality: Anything written within a Google Wave can be edited by anyone else, because all conversations within the platform are shared. Thus, you can correct information, append information, or add your own commentary within a developing conversation.

- Open source: The Google Wave code will be open source, to foster innovation and adoption amongst developers.

- Playback: You can playback any part of the wave to see what was said.

- Natural language: Google Wave can autocorrect your spelling, even going as far as knowing the difference between similar words, like “been” and “bean.” It can also auto-translate on-the-fly.

- Drag-and-drop file sharing: No attachments; just drag your file and drop it inside Google Wave and everyone will have access.