Neowin News Feed for: Wave

Clubhouse's latest feature lets users invite friends into private audio chats

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 20:18:02 +0000

Clubhouse has officially introduced a new way to invite friends to audio chats. The feature, called Wave, has been enabled for all users. Friends can now be invited by tapping the wave button. Read more...

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News Staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:46:01 +0000

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Facebook's Nearby Friends feature drops exact location reporting, to be replaced by “Wave”

Ben Moore — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:50:01 +0000

Users can no longer pinpoint a friend's exact location, but can still see their current neighborhood and distance away. "Wave" will soon be added to organize meet ups with nearby friends. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Five epic Google failures

Tyler Holman — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:17:11 +0000

Google has had quite a few misses mixed in with its hits, thanks to its willingness to experiment with new ideas. This week's Trivia Tuesday takes a look at some of Google's less successful products. Read more...

Google Wave officially shut down

Nathan Tsui — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:42:52 +0000

Google Wave, the online collaborative editing tool, is shutting down permanently today, after being made read-only on January 31, 2012. The service lives on, under development by Apache Software. Read more...

Save the Wave, group fights to keep Google Wave alive

Alan Cone — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:04:29 +0000

A new site popped up that wishes to "Save Google Wave!" They are suggesting to anyone who thinks Google Wave should be given a second chance to give them a "Thumbs Up" or retweet their... Read more...

Google is waving goodbye to Google Wave

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:12:14 +0000

Last year Google launched a service that had lots of people excited to try it, called Google Wave. Users everywhere were very eager to get their hands on an invite to the service, since the... Read more...

Google still trying to find a use for Wave

Brandon Boyce — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:27:12 +0000

Google Wave, when announced, sounded like the next big thing. Everyone was excited to try it and get in on the beta. After a year in beta, Google Wave opened up to the public with... Read more...

Google I/O keynote Day one roundup

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:28:20 +0000

Today Google kicked off their first day of their keynote, streaming the broadcast live on YouTube. This is Google's largest event of the year, with more than 5,000 developers, featuring 80 sessions and over... Read more...

Microsoft is â€œGetting ready for Windows Live Wave 4â€

Brad Sams — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced today that they are prepping for the Wave 4 rollout. In a blog post on the official Windows Blog, they stated that internal testing of Live Wave 4 has been going on... Read more...

Google adds email notifications to Wave

Benjamin Rubenstein — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:20:56 +0000

Since Google launched Wave back in May 2009, one of the biggest complaints has been the lack of tie-in to email. For a new technology like Wave to catch on, users need to have some... Read more...

Google Wave gets permissions, and more

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:19:21 +0000

When Google Wave was first announced, there was one major complaint. In a Wave, anyone can do anything. There was no system of permission based controls to keep the Wave from getting out of hand.... Read more...

Google introduces video chat for iGoogle

Sam Symons — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:17:04 +0000

Near the end of last year, Google brought in the video chat feature to its Gmail service, meaning you could have video and audio conversations with other users of the product over the Internet, for... Read more...

Microsoft Wave launched, showcase for 'cool' MS technologies

Tom Warren — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:22:32 +0000

Microsoft has unveiled a new website with the focus on 'cool' technologies that Microsoft has created. According to Microsoft blogger Steve Clayton, Microsoft Wave "is a cool new site from our UK team that... Read more...

Google Wave unveiled: a communication revolution?

James Hall — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:34:26 +0000

Lars and Jens Rasmussen, brothers whose mapping company was bought by Google in 2004 and formed the basis for Google Maps, have become key figures in the development of Google Wave, a real-time collaboration tool... Read more...

Microsoft finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live

Sean Bradford — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:14:44 +0000

After almost a year of beta testing, Microsoft is currently preparing the final releases of Wave 3 for Windows Live. There are two major updates that are yet to come, and we've received some information... Read more...

Windows Live Suite Wave applications available Thursday

Tom Warren — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:02:33 +0000

Steve Ballmer has just announced that the final versions of the Wave 3 applications (excluding Movie Maker) will be available on Thursday. Microsoft released a release candidate of the applications shortly before Christmas. The update... Read more...

Windows Live Messenger and Live Suite Wave 3 released (RC)

Tom Warren — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:18:35 +0000

Microsoft has just made the updated release candidate of the Windows Live Suite wave 3 at download.live.com. Thanks to Sean Bradford for alerting us. Microsoft has updated the Messenger client to Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8050.1202)... Read more...

Windows Live Wave 3 rolled out

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:28:54 +0000

Earlier this week Microsoft updated their Hotmail service to the new Windows Live Wave 3. Though Home and Spaces remained the same. Yesterday however, those were also updated with new features and gadgets. The... Read more...

New Windows Live Messenger Wave 3 UI

Tom Warren — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:33:54 +0000

Microsoft just demonstrated the latest UI for Windows Live Messenger in a Windows 7 session here at PDC. Check out the video here: Also, the new messenger... Read more...

Microsoft hints at Windows Live Wave 3 release date

Tom Warren — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:58:12 +0000

In an email sent to users of it's MSN Direct service, Microsoft states that the release to market date of Windows Live Messenger is February 10, 2009. At the same time the company is expected... Read more...

Windows Live Hotmail wave 3 rollout begins

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:40:40 +0000

As we reported on last week, Microsoft has been prepping a big refresh for Windows Live Hotmail users. Starting this week, users should begin noticing changes to their interface. Due to the huge user base... Read more...

A-Patch for Windows Live Messenger 9 Wave 3 Released!

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:12:19 +0000

Praise be to God. I'd like to thank TheSteve and also give shoutouts to Willz, Ipab, TB & Matt Hollwood for working on the "protection" work-around, now we finally go back to customizing Messenger like... Read more...

First wave of 'Real PC' ads go public

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:06:33 +0000

As expected, Microsoft unveiled their first wave of "Real PC" ads tonight featuring a wide range people who break the PC stereotype that has been set by Apple in their ads. According to Microsoft... Read more...

Windows Live wave 3 beta goes public

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:51 +0000

Have you been drooling over the latest screenshots of Windows Live wave 3? Now get yourself in on the action. Microsoft is launching the official Windows Live Wave 3 beta today. Watcher of all things... Read more...

Coming Soon - Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:57:41 +0000

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 will be launched shortly. Whats new !? Faster than ever. It'll be up to 70 percent faster to sign in and see your e-mail. Of course, along with more speed,... Read more...

Windows Live Wave 3: Messenger v9

Steven Parker — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:13:57 +0000

M1 dogfood build review and screenshots Looks like its open-season on Wave 3 now, with Inky over at Mess.be getting his hands on the Wave 3 Milestone 1 installer for Windows Live Messenger.... Read more...

Rumor mill: Wave of Ultimate Extras to come in 2008

Steven Parker — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:11:07 +0000

Neowin reader nX07 claims that a "friend of a friend who works for Microsoft" has first hand knowledge that a batch of Ultimate Extras will be released in late Q2 or early Q3 of 2008.... Read more...

Hackers Admit to Wave of Attacks

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:08:37 +0000

An Ohio computer hacker who served as a digital button man for a shady internet hosting company faces prison time after admitting he carried out one of a series of crippling denial-of-service attacks ordered by... Read more...

Music Industry Readies Fresh Wave of Net

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:19:35 +0000

A new wave of lawsuits is being prepared against the most prolific Internet song-swappers as part of an expanding global crackdown on Internet piracy, music industry officials said Tuesday. The International Federation of the Phonographic... Read more...

New wave of Web ads on the way

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:56:11 +0000

Internet marketers are promising a new generation of online advertising "lite" that's more effective and less annoying than some current methods, but they could have a hard time convincing jaded Web surfers they're for real.... Read more...

Microsoft Details Next Wave of Software Innovation to PDC

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:15:20 +0000

Today Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp., outlined Microsoft Corp.'s vision for the next wave of software development and detailed plans to help developers take advantage of the next wave of... Read more...

Bill Gates Unveils Next Wave of Windows PCs at WinHEC 2003

Tom Warren — Tue, 06 May 2003 18:51:00 +0000

New HP PC Prototype Is Among Innovative Products Demonstrating Benefits Of Deeper Hardware and Software Synergy Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect at Microsoft Corp., today unveiled a new PC prototype... Read more...

WinHEC2K3: Unveiling Next Wave of PC Innovation & Prototypes

Tom Warren — Thu, 01 May 2003 17:44:52 +0000

Microsoft Corp.'s 12th Annual Windows® Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) serves as the key knowledge and data transfer event for the Windows hardware engineer and driver developer communities, and delivers the platform vision, business value, tools... Read more...

Windows Media Audio Lossless to Wave Converter

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:30:43 +0000

Quick Info File Name: wmal2pcm_setup.exe - Download Size: 281 KB - Date Published: 3/17/2003 - Version: 5.5 Overview The WMA Lossless to WAV Converter Tool is a simple command... Read more...

Final Release of WMP9 Starts Next Wave of Media

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 16:45:14 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. -- Jan. 7, 2003 -- Today Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Windows Media® 9 Series, the next-generation digital media platform that offers benefits for hardware and software vendors, the media and... Read more...