What Google Wave Tried To Do--And Abjectly Failed At

Ten years ago,Google introduced a tool that was meant to transform the communications space. Company brass introduced what it called a “magical” new web app that combined email, messaging, and other features like social media and event-planning into a single funky, do-it-all tool called Wave. According to Gizmodo, Wave was extraordinarily ambitious in its quest to do nearly everything, including reimagining the limits and functionality of email.