If you’ve been keeping up with computer tech trends, it’s no surprise to you that Google Wave, a “personal communication and collaboration tool,” is quickly becoming the web tool of choice for the corporate and home business world.
If you haven’t yet tinkered with Google Wave, think of it as a sort of collaborative email where those in your address book are simultaneously invited to view, alter and add to the email rather than having the email travel to each individual. Collaborators assigned to a certain wave simultaneously have access to the documents carried by the wave through active sessions. Collaborators can communicate in real time via instant message. Collaborators can even play games and exchange photos. Extensions such as grammar and spell checking as well as automatic language translation help to support the Google Wave. [...]