Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Google Wave Turns One

Exactly one year ago today, a product that was supposed to represent a new and innovative means of communication debuted at Google I/O.  Now, Google's celebrating Wave's first birthday by trying to convince a few more people to give the tech a chance.

Google WaveThat observation isn't necessarily meant to slight Google Wave or the team behind it; almost any time a company chooses to commemorate something, one purpose must be to attract new users (and/or reengage old ones).  It's just that an official blog post concerning Wave's birthday focused more on promoting it than distributing stickers or some other nonsense.

Anna-Christina Douglas, a product marketing manager at Google, appealed to ordinary individuals by writing, "[T]he ways I use Wave aren't revolutionary or groundbreaking - I communicate about everyday things, but it is these incredibly ordinary and important communications that are transformed in unexpected ways when you use Wave."

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