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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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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....

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