Comments on: 3 Reasons Google Wave Won’t Flop

By: Bye Bye Google Buzz On November 14th 2011 | 40Tech

Bye Bye Google Buzz On November 14th 2011 | 40Tech — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:16:02 +0000

[...] much potential, at first. We even wrote about why we figured it wouldn’t flop – oh, wait… that was Wave. What can I say… we’re optimists. In any case, the integration of Buzz was handled badly, the [...]

By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:06:05 +0000

Thanks Shahzad. Yep, this post was a bit off, huh? My crystal ball last year didn’t anticipate Google pulling the plug on Wave after it was open to the public for only 78 days.

You might be interested in a series we just started, where we look for a Google Wave replacement:

http://www.40tech.com/2010/08/10/the-hunt-for-a-google-wave-alternative-part-i-shareflow/

By: Shahzad Saeed

Shahzad Saeed — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:59:16 +0000

Hey Ivan, Google Wave is going to shut down this year. So I think this post is almost invalid

By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:28:57 +0000

I agree, Shahzad. I think that’s why Wave hasn’t caught on yet. The average person either doesn’t understand it, or doesn’t see a use for it.

By: Shahzad Saeed

Shahzad Saeed — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:44:12 +0000

You know what? “Google Wave is a personal communication and collaboration tool announced by Google.”…. What do you mean with that? Google is going with head ache definitions and PM’s videos. They just have to explain clearly what’s the use of Wave is to average people.

By: How Google Can Save Buzz and Wave From Irrelevancy | 40Tech

How Google Can Save Buzz and Wave From Irrelevancy | 40Tech — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:32:01 +0000

[...] Google Wave or Google Buzz? Have both services flopped? Back in August, we wrote about 3 reasons why Wave wouldn’t flop. Has it? What about [...]

By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:55:04 +0000

I sure hope that something replaces SMS, Frank. With prices the equivalent of $1500 per MB of data for SMS, the carriers deserve to have that revenue stream blow up in their faces. Perhaps another Google product – Google Voice – is an indicator of alternatives to come.

By: Frank Norman

Frank Norman — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:43:56 +0000

You said: we’ve moved from e-mail, to instant messaging, to texting, to Twittering.

The difference with Wave is that it is not just a new tool to communicate, but a way to solve some of the problems with our existing communication tools and methods. That’s why I think it stands a chance of success.

In the social arena, it’s interesting to speculate on the future of SMS texts – will they stay outside the Wave? As 3G becomes more widespread will Twitter (or similar) replace SMS?

By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:48:58 +0000

Yea, I guess it remains to be seen exactly how Wave will work, but my understanding is it will be sort of a combination e-mail/instant messaging/collaboration/file sharing app, on steroids. I think Google will host it, but it is Open Source, so end users can host it on their own server, too.

By: Klaus @ TechPatio

Klaus @ TechPatio — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:02:45 +0000

I was thinking of Wave, actually… but I might have misunderstood it a bit, thinking that the idea was to have your operating system in the cloud, only being dependant on a browser in order to access it :)