Google Wave
Est. 2009·2012
“Real-time collaborative communication. So far ahead of its time nobody could figure out what it was for.”
Lived 3 years · By Google
Lived
3y
2009 → 2012
Shutdown
April 30, 2012
Owner
Category
Productivity
Domain status now
Redirects
The domain still resolves but bounces to a different page (often the parent company).
wave.google.com → google.com
Evidence & sources
Official shutdown source
Original domain
https://wave.google.com
What replaced it
Apache Wave (incubator)
incubator.apache.org
Open-sourced as Apache Wave; also retired in 2018.
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