During the Google I/O keynotes, the Google teams introduced the brand new way of communication, the Google Wave.
Google Wave is a preparation to HTML 5 standard and next phase of web interaction such as 3d games, movies, blogs, messaging, map, gallery and other browser plugins. Imagine your email collide with instant messaging on the web.
Google Wave was developed in Australia by Lars, Rasmussen and Hannon.
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