NOT ON THE LIST IN 2026
Google Wave was an ambitious, real-time collaboration and communication platform launched by Google in 2009 that aimed to completely reinvent email.
Despite massive hype and an exclusive, highly coveted invite-only rollout among tech enthusiasts, Google Wave was a commercial failure and was shut down remarkably fast.
Ranking in the surveys
Google Wave’s only appearance on the list was in 2010 when it was ranked 54=
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