Google Wave, Google's new online community site, is a collaboration of email, social networking, and instant messaging. It may be surprising that the giant search engine has not caught the social media "wave" sooner, however, now that it has, the question is what will it over-take with it's potentially giant tide.
The hope for Google is that this site will replace sites such as Twitter and Facebook, since all of those tools will be located in one place. Wave is Google's attempt at an "app store", which would give outside programmers a share in Wave's success. While Apple sells "apps" for Apple products, Google's apps would have the potential to work on all devices. Could this take over the iPhone specific apps that Apple prides itself from? Could PC users suddenly have the same, if not better, applications that Mac users currently enjoy?
This site certainly has the power to create another "wave" in social media, and with competitors such as Yahoo, this might just be the beginning of new media tools for the online community.
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