Google Wave, a web app which allowed for real-time communication and collaboration, is no longer being developed as of today by Google. On a blog post, Google said, “We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.”

Just a few days back, Google announced Google Buzz. An new competitor in the social networking “game.”

Essentially, Google Buzz is like Twitter and Facebook, combined and, very much like FriendFeed. Like these three sites, it’s meant for anybody interested in the Web 2.0 environment and in social networking.
Like a lot of other networking sites, privacy does become quite a bit of an issue, so Google is letting you choose whether you want to post to thousands of people, across the globe, or just your a couple of your friends. But, even with these 2 choices, I would still not recommend entering private information since the system is probably prone to bugs.
What appears different from Twitter is the ability to post photos, videos and links, directly. The problem with that though, is that Facebook and FriendFeed already have the ability to do so.

The appearence of Google Buzz does vary. After all, it’s tied into your Gmail account. If enabled, Google Buzz will have a navigational button on the left sidebar. The button opens up a Gmail-like window, where you can see updates from the people you follow.

A major problem with Google Buzz is, if somebody comments or likes a status you have posted, you will recieve a notification in your Gmail inbox. As of right now, I’m unable to change whether or not I get notifications.
But, if you can deal with the emails and, you’re a person who likes trying new things, Google Buzz is definatly worth a try.

Lev – Lead Writer

Email Me: lev@techreevu.com

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If you’ve watched TV, or gone on YouTube, for that matter, any time recently, you’ve no doubt seen at least one iPhone ad, and possibly even a T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (Android) one. Well, if not, they’re below for your viewing pleasure (um, maybe not).

David’s Google Voice Application has been updated! Featuring a new Send SMS button and, a bug fix. Download it HERE!

Since, I won’t be posting updates on the front page anymore, catch any new information in the Release Notes or at the Downloads Page.

I’m not the only tired with annoying ads on sites, such as: GET BRIGHTER TEETH! But now, those ads are getting more deviate….. INTRODUCING! FAKE NEWS SITES!

This Ad is located at news6today.com

Now, it’s been taken too far! In other words, this site is promoting something that is completely untrue! And how is this site hosted? YOUR MONEY! Through this scam, they are making enough money to host realistic looking sites. The only 3 ways to tell that this site is fake is by looking carefully.

Google Voice is a great service that I really enjoy. It offers free texting, calling, and voicemail transcripts. As much as I love it, the only way that I know of to use the service is through a web browser, which for me is very inconvenient. So, I tried searching for an application that would allow me to log into Google Voice without having to use my web browser and, what I came up with was… nothing. Apparently, not many people are actually interested in a Google Voice application, so of course, I had to make one myself.

Armed with only a copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, I made the program within about 20 minutes. The program itself is written on Visual Basic .NET and was pretty simple to make. I won’t give you the source code but, I’ll give you a basic idea of how it’s done. I made a web browser in Visual Basic that does not navigate to any pages besides the Google Voice Mobile site (I used the mobile site to make it fit into a small window.) I then made the buttons link to pages on the site. I’m planning on implementing some more services into the program such as Gizmo5.

Well, this is the first build of my application and I hope you enjoy it. Download the file HERE. If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to email me at: fruitpunch36@techreevu.com

David – Senior Editor, TechReevu.com