I received my Google Wave invite from a new twitter pal (thanks again Alice @aliceinthewaterhttp://twitter.com/Davorado/status/5576326179) and can see that it’s probably going to help bridge people to a new method of communicating. Not that I think it will eliminate email the way we know it today. At least not for another 5 years. But, it strongly supports the social networking models, streams, and posting that we are growing familiar with in most social platforms.
It will be very interesting to see how the Wave is received and what new products (widgets) are created to add more value to the Google platform. I can already see that I’ll use it for anything internal for my company to eliminate the email mess. Maybe this process will force in some outside participants to adopt the tool in a similar way that critical mass fueled the adoption of the fax machine.
Check out the new (in beta) Twitter business tool.
Cnet says it “CRM meets Twitter”
CoTweet powers brands on Twitter. Designed for businesses using Twitter to engage existing customers and attract new ones, CoTweet is a comprehensive Twitter business platform that supports both proactive marketing communication and response-driven customer support. https://cotweet.com/about
It took some calendar coordination to find the kid coverage. In the end, the date night with my wife to see this movie was well worth all logistical challenges.
Kindle Flickr photo by AGeekMom (Kindle is one type of e-ink reader related to this news)
I would expect to see continued innovation in the E Ink market. In my opinion, the ultimate presentation of graphic content will require more dynamic color and presentation.
Taiwanese display maker Prime View International will buy E Ink, the company that developed the ‘electronic paper’ used in digital book readers from Amazon.com and Sony.
Prime View said on Monday it would pay about $215m for E Ink, whose flexible digital displays are used in Amazon’s Kindle and the Sony Reader. Privately held E Ink emerged from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratory about a decade ago. source: http://kn.theiet.org/news/jun09/pvi-eink.cfm