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I am a big fan of Google Voice. Now everyone in the U.S. can enjoy the service. Visit voice.google.com now to sign up.
Jun 092010
TechCrunch reported in early April that Google was internally testing (“dogfooding”) a desktop app for Google Voice. This is the outgrowth of Google’s acquisition of Gizmo5 back in November 2009. The latest incarnation of the rumor is that Google Voice will be fully integrated with Gmail, according to the (unofficial) Google Operating System blog. This [Read More...]
Google is rolling out it’s free telephony service, Google Voice, to all students. As of today, anyone with a *.edu email address can register for Google Voice and receive an invitation within 24 hours. Sign up at https://www.google.com/voice/students. Reasons you might want Google Voice: A second phone number A vanity phone number Simultaneous ring Free [Read More...]
Apr 292010
In terms of the interwebs, the last decade could aptly be described as the search decade. Google ruled the day. As newbies came online Google was the launchpad where they all began. The company grew to a massive $170 billion market cap. It fended off competitors and, in the process, put more than a few out [Read More...]
Google Voice and Gizmo5 integration is far along and TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington is reporting that a desktop app for placing and receiving voice calls from the desktop is being internally tested at Google. I wrote about the Gizmo5 acquisition back in mid-November. I’ve been whining about the Google Voice project but this is a significant development, [Read More...]
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The Google Voice team is cheerfully celebrating the 1st birthday of Google Voice, Google’s voice transmission service. Google Voice, which is still by invitation only, offers users a free telephone number in any U.S. area code, the ability to ring multiple phones, visual voicemail with transcription, free SMS, free long distance calling within the U.S. [Read More...]
There’s a lot of buzz being generated about the MagicJack home cell tower gadget (femtocell) being demoed at CES. There’s also a lot of misinformation and confusion about the device. This post clears it up.
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This evening Google announced that users who signed up for Google Voice “lite” (keep your existing number) can now upgrade to the full service… a Google Voice number of their choosing. I strongly recommended picking a number upon signup because you can always forward your unanswered calls to your Google Voice voicemail and receive transcriptions, [Read More...]
Dec 102009
Google is asking Google Voice users to opt-in and donate their voicemails to improve the transcription service. Donated voicemails may be listened to by humans and manually transcribed to improve the transcription service. If you’re so inclined to donate voicemails, I recommend donating the really juicy ones to spice up the job of listening to [Read More...]
Google Wave just put out a survey about the Google Wave Preview on Twitter this evening. You can find it here: http://bit.ly/u1N61 . If you are participating in the Google Wave Preview, I encourage you to complete the survey. It is very long but covers almost every aspect of Google Wave, including its current deficiencies. [Read More...]
Nov 132009
Earlier this week Google entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Gizmo5 for $30m. The Gimzo5′s VOIP services will be integrated with the Google Voice services. This acquisition will add another critical piece to the Google Voice service which will make it more competitive with traditional telephone service providers. According to a post on the official [Read More...]
Google Voice recently unveiled the new “lite” version of its phone service. It was warmly received but it is nothing new at all. In fact, it existed even when Grand Central operated the service prior to Google acquiring it back in July 2007. The “lite” version is touted as a keep-your-existing-phone-number variant of the service [Read More...]
