Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Google , Facebook There is a lot of buzz these days over a new product called Google ( GOOG ) Wave. Some are under the false impression that it’s the next Twitter, but this new tool from Google is very different. Think of it as a real-time collaboration tool that includes, among its many features, email on steroids. Greg Dalesandre , Google Wave product manager, in an online video , describes Wave as a “shared space,” where users can communicate using text, videos, photos and maps. So you can have a conversation while working on a document with a group of people in another city — or in another part of the planet. You can both work together in real time using richly formatted text, photos, videos and more. The wave is the shared experience that you are involved with. So you could be working with 10 people and everything you do — from the conversations you have to the changes you make to a document, will be inside a wave. What’s really cool about this is that the wave allows you to rewind, allowing you to see who said what when. Since everything is in real-time — it’s fast. Continue reading Massucci’s Take: Google Wave is email for the next generation Massucci’s Take: Google Wave is email for the next generation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Technology , Columns Apple says it will patch the iPhone security flaw that was revealed July 30 at the Black Hat Internet security conference in Las Vegas. TUAW, a popular Apple rumor source, noted that all carriers are likely watching this development closely . That’s good news. Google told BusinessWeek it has already patched the hole, and Microsoft is investigating. What’s not such good news is that it took massive amounts of media coverage to prod the phone makers into action. Because smartphone security and reliability is a very different game than PC security and reliability. Continue reading Apple, AT&T, and the dangerous future of smartphone viruses Apple, AT&T, and the dangerous future of smartphone viruses originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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