Google Wave’s mascot, Dr. Wave, offers his introduction to Wave, Apple is rumored to be working towards dropping Google Maps from the iPhone, Mozilla’s browser synchronization tool Weave sees a small update, and more.
- Google Wave Even Has a Mascot: Dr. Wave! [Video]
The first time you log into a newly minted Google Wave account, you’ll get a wave welcome message that includes this video. (It makes more sense when you’re actually using Wave and can see what Dr. Wave is pointing at.) [Mashable] - Apple purchased Placebase in July to replace Google Maps?
An interesting purchase on Apple’s part leads to speculation that Google Maps could be on the way out as the default maps app on the iPhone. That could potentially be a good thing if it means Google gets more control over releasing updates to Maps (like adding Latitude); it’d be a very bad thing if that means Apple won’t let Google Maps on the phone at all. [Computerworld] - Weave 0.7 Released
Mozilla’s in-house browser synchronization tool saw a minor update today with performance and reliability improvements. [Mozilla Labs] - Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 hits RTM
This one’ll be released to the web on the 22nd of the month—i.e., Windows 7 Launch day. [Ars Technica] - UK’s High Court orders writ to be served via Twitter
News you can use! [Reuters] - Twitter’s Geolocation API Appears To Be Live. But Most Of You Are Lost.
Twitter turned on its opt-in geolocation features, but a small bug was placing everyone off the coast of Africa (at a lat/long of 0/0. [TechCrunch] - Surfacing forum posts in search results
Google adds several links within a forum site to search results that appear to apply to the same topic. [Official Google Blog] - Now in Google Toolbar for Firefox: advanced in-page translation
Good news if you read a lot of foreign-language sites and you don’t mind installing a toolbar. [Official Google Blog] - Skype 2.8 for Mac gets update for Snow Leopard
No major changes, just some compatibility updates for Snow Leopard. [TUAW]
