Etymology
The science fiction television series Firefly provided the inspiration for the project's name. In the series, a wave is an electronic communication, often … See more

Google Wave was a new Internet communications platform. It was written in Java using OpenJDK and its web interface used the Google Web Toolkit. Google Wave worked like previous messaging systems such as email and Usenet, … See more

Google Wave was accepted by the Apache Software Foundation's Incubator program under the project name Apache Wave. The Google Wave Developer blog was updated with news of the change on December 6, 2010. A Wave Proposal page with details on the project's … See more

Google Wave provides federation using an extension of Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), the free Wave Federation Protocol. Being an open protocol, anyone can … See more

During the initial launch of Google Wave, invitations were widely sought by users and were sold on auction sites. Those who received invitations … See more

On August 4, 2010, Google announced Wave would no longer be developed as a stand-alone product due to a lack of interest. Google's … See more

Google Wave is extensible through an application programming interface (API). It provides extensions in the form of Gadgets and Robots, and is embeddable by dropping … See more