Google Wave: First impressions
Today, I saw a news story on Engadget informing that Google Wave beta started and invites were sent to 100,000 users. I was disappointed to know that I was not one of them. As it turns out, I am. I just got my Google Wave invitation.
First impressions: neat and user friendly. I’ll ‘collaborate’ with some of my friends and post my opinions.
Update [October 3, 2009]: After sending out invites to my friends and colleagues, it seems they still haven’t received it. According to the note on the invite page – “Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick.”. Well, we understand it Google but, how many days will it take to “lick a lot of stamps”, huh??
Update [October 9, 2009]: Google finally sent out invites that I sent a few days back. I still have some invites left. Let me know if you want one.
Google introduces a “Simple” language for Android
I came across a blog post announcing Release of Simple, which is a language based on BASIC. Simple google code page (pun intended) has binary distributions available for download for Windows, Linux and Mac. Author has updated it with a couple of sample applications and a bunch of Reference pages in its Wiki. It is well-suited for “non-professional” programmers who want to develop applications on Android. If you ask me, it’s a remote possibility. But, it is a good gesture from Google to encourage adaptation of Android.
Google officially announced Chrome OS for Netbooks
Google announced Chrome OS on official Google Blog today. There were many rumors of a Google OS in development. After a long waiting period, Google has made this official. The OS is meant to be light and it is targeted at Netbooks. According to the blog post, it will support both x86 and ARM architectures. Google is planning to make Chrome OS available to consumers in “Second half of 2010″.
According to trends, my assumption is Chrome OS will be faster loading OS with offline version of Google Apps Suite and of course, Google Chrome browser. Too bad, we have to wait at least a year for it.