I have a Google Wave account though I haven’t had the time to investigate its potential. At first glance, Google Wave can be bewildering, but it does seem to offer a strong platform for collaboration and could be a valuable tool for journalism. Gina Trapani wrote the Complete Guide to Google Wave and sums it up in this keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York. (Via Tris Hussey)

Google has taken a major step into becoming a publisher of news. It is now hosting news stories on its Google News site, rather than just linking to the websites with the material. The deal covers five major news services: AP, Agence France-Presse, the UK Press Association and the Canadian Press. Here’s an example of what a CP story looks like on Google. It is very simple and clear, with

At a time when established TV networks are struggling to work out what their future might look like, Google has a radical idea of where TV is going. Speaking at at iTV Con, a conference about Internet TV, Vincent Dureau, Google’s head of TV technology, applied the net giant’s approach to television. As we all know, television is facing an identity crisis – lots more niche channels, Youtube, DVRs. This