Google Wave Snapshot

Here's a snapshot of Google Wave info

• created by two of the Google Maps dev team
• strong emphasis on real time communication
• IM's appear as they are typed - no waiting for someone to hit send
• the real time IM can be disabled if you like the traditional style
• can accept files dragged from the desktop
• reinvention of email
• not created with any business model in mind
  
• in development for two years
• signup for the invite-only beta at wave.google.com