SHOWCASE: Well, “public” as in 100,000 users will be getting their invites on September 30. It’s expected to go out to the rest of the world a month later.

Google Wave, an open-source, real-time, personal collaboration and communication tool, was first unveiled at the Google I/O developers conference on May 27, 2009.

Ever since then, it has been described as a game-changer by multiple developers (25,000 of them currently have access to Wave) who have been busy creating and testing their own slew of plug-ins and widgets via APIs (Application Programming Interface) which Google has made available to them.

Basically, Google Wave takes the basis behind emails, instant messaging, community forums, media sharing and social networking, and puts them all within a platform.  (Editor opinions: 1)

To better understand what Wave really is all about, here’s an eighty-odd minute video of that fateful developer conference:

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VIEWPOINT: For our third HWM ViewPoint video program series, the HardwareMAG.com team met up with Mr. Chris Chin, Developer Marketing Director for the Asia Pacific and Greater China region for Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business division.

Here, Chris answers some questions related to the developer programs which have been put in place for communities interested in creating apps for the Windows Mobile Marketplace ecosystem. Marketplace, by the way, is Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s App Store, BlackBerry’s AppWorld or Nokia’s Ovi Store.

Here’s some additional info on what it would take for developers to create apps for Marketplace.

Here’s the exclusive ViewPoint video. Enjoy.

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