Google Wave To Roll Out Its Beta Testing

Writing by Nick Stamoulis Tweet

I somehow missed this announcement, but Google Wave will open up its beta testing this fall for schools and businesses. By schools, I presume we’re talking about universities. But there is also another requirement for beta testers besides being a business or a school. Again, I’m presuming that “businesses” is a reference to large businesses, not Mom and Pop.

The second criteria for being an early beta test of Google Wave is that you’ve got to be an official Google App user. So if you are a registered Google App user and a part of a university program or big business then you’ll get to be one of the guinea pigs for Google Wave. They hope to open up beta testing for everyone next year.

This kind of makes sense. Universities and large businesses are more likely to use the tool for its intended purpose – collaboration. But what about artists? Perhaps Google is thinking that artists are more likely to be employed by the universities.

At any rate, if you’re not familiar with Google Wave, watch this video. You’ll know more than you want to know