Google Wave opens to 100,000 users today

GSBot · Sep 30th, 2009, 11:30 AM

According to the official Google blog, 100,000 invitations to Google's most hotly-anticipated new service, Google Wave, are going out today. Wave is being touted as a communication tool that reimagines the way email should work. When Download Squad took a look at Wave back in May, Lee explained it this way:

Create a Wave, add people to it, toss in some gadgets, feeds, and photos, and mix with a rich text editor. You'll see new content in near-real time as your friends add it, and you can even hit the rewind button and watch your Wave evolve from scratch.

So, who's getting invited to use this next-generation communication tool? Well, it helps if you signed up early for an invitation and wrote the Wave team a message offering to give feedback. If you're a developer who's been using the developer preview of Wave, you might also get an invitation, and some are going out to paying customers of Google Apps.

In their blog post, the Google Wave folks stress that - if you do land an invitation - you're not going to be playing with a finished product. Wave is still missing some crucial features, and bugs are going to be par for the course until the team starts using the feedback from these 100,000 new users to start identifying problems. Unfortunately, you won't be able to directly invite friends to Wave, but you will be able to nominate them for invitations.

Do you have a Wave invitation yet? What do you think of the service so far?
Google Wave opens to 100,000 users today originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Sponsored Topics: Google - Google Apps - Download Squad - Searching - Social Software

maroush · Oct 13th, 2009, 01:45 PM

Anybody got their hands on this yet? Anybody invited to test/try it?

I'm curious to know what the big woop is...

cadet018 · Oct 14th, 2009, 02:38 AM

am waiting for invitation too

TofiBaba · Oct 14th, 2009, 12:14 PM

They not letting ppl invite. Everyone gotta wait

Sheeda Pistol · Oct 19th, 2009, 03:08 AM

Ive seen invites being sent to people who are inviting others. Ive requested mine as well ;>

will send invites as soon as i am able to get mine

Aqls · Oct 19th, 2009, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeda Pistol

Ive seen invites being sent to people who are inviting others. Ive requested mine as well ;>

will send invites as soon as i am able to get mine

yes pls i m waiting :I(

NaMaan · Oct 19th, 2009, 11:41 AM

Waiting . . .

Sheeda Pistol · Oct 19th, 2009, 12:07 PM

Nomi be ready with a fresh supply of gulab jamuns, last ones were stolen by sheyn

Sheeda Pistol · Oct 21st, 2009, 04:21 AM

I got my invitation

Quote:

Google Wave is a new online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Learn more at wave.google.com.

This is still an early preview of Google Wave, so you may run into some bumps along the way but we look forward to your feedback.

To accept your invitation, sign into Google Wave at the following link*:

(edited)

(If you do not have a Google account, you will be prompted to create one)

Once you've signed in:

Check out the videos and example waves
Update your profile
Start waving!

Happy waving!

The Google Wave Team

For help, please visit http://www.google.com/support/wave

* This link will only work for one invitation to Google Wave, it cannot be shared!

As soon as I am able to send invites, ill start handing them out.

Get a number and make a line

maroush · Oct 21st, 2009, 06:53 AM

You got one already?!

Send me one when you get the chance...

Lafanter · Oct 21st, 2009, 07:52 AM

I have a friend who got me all the invitations like orkut, gmail etc back in 2003

i removed him from my facebook recently

Lafanter · Oct 21st, 2009, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeda Pistol

I got my invitation

As soon as I am able to send invites, ill start handing them out.

Get a number and make a line

me me me me

Sheeda Pistol · Oct 21st, 2009, 03:21 PM

Y'all better pray I get invites in my inbox to send

sheyn · Oct 21st, 2009, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeda Pistol

Nomi be ready with a fresh supply of gulab jamuns, last ones were stolen by sheyn

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeda Pistol

I got my invitation

As soon as I am able to send invites, ill start handing them out.

Get a number and make a line

Aap invite bheijhain mein porri gulabjamun ki karai bheijhdongi

Khumar · Oct 22nd, 2009, 03:59 AM

i'm an IT anari these days...so someone wanna explain to me what is this thing?

TofiBaba · Oct 22nd, 2009, 08:02 AM

These days? So nothing has changed!!

Where do you hide these days kumar bhai? aap dieting kar rahay hain kya?

maroush · Oct 22nd, 2009, 08:45 AM

Khums, GW is being hyped up as the next generation of communication.... it's basically a real-time communication/collaboration tool which merges the concepts of email, IM, social networking etc, together.