Google has that… well ‘Google’ feel to it. Its sometimes hard to explain why we love it so much; how it is so special. I’m not just talking about the search engine, but also about the other services that Google offers. This post is about the things that makes Google what it is and why we love it so much.

1. The Google Look & Feel

First of all Google is very clean and simple. Take the default homepage for example. You have your links in the top left, your information in the top right, keeping it nice and simple with standard links. You then have your Google logo, which is colourful and Googlerly, and then you have a standard search box with some more links and options. The default homepage is very simple and easy to use, although the power and technology behind the site is so much more advanced. Also remembering that there are loads of other services as well.

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I was searching the web for something new and techical, like always, and I came accross a new web application called Google Wave.  The first though that came into mind is a fun new Google product; as with all pieces of technology Google develops. Google Wave is a ‘new model for communication and collabration on the web’!

Google Wave will be released later this year! Normally, Google usually announces their products near their release date, but they have shown the world early because of the API behind this type of communication.

A wave is kind of a topic which allows people to communicate and work with different types of media; text, photos, videos, maps etc. The system allows any participant to reply anywhere in the ‘Wave’, edit content and share it with others. A wave is also live, so as you type you message will be displayed in the ‘Wave’ section.

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