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'Wave' of the Future

February 3, 2010

New Google application could breathe new life into online learning

By Marianne Payne
News Reporter

Google Wave is the product of developers setting out to create what email would look like if it were invented today.

Forty years after its birth, email is revamped with drag-and-drop functionality, greater emphasis on multimedia, and limitless possibilities for third party extension apps. Instead of relying on attachments and screenshots, a Google Wave user (or waver) can embed web pages, drag-and-drop in media, create a process map, or instantly translate text into another language. Read More

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