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Google Voice Makes Way to iPhone, Palm WebOS

Google is launching the Google Voice app for both the iPhone and Palm WebOS. It is an HTML5 app, which the company says provides users with a "fast and versatile" mobile experience, because of its use of the latest advancements in web technologies. "For example, AppCache lets you interact with web apps without a network connection and local databases allow you to store data locally...

Google Asks For Help With Transcriptions

Although spell checkers have been around for about 30 years, they still miss or incorrectly flag a whole lot of stuff (try "eye wonder weather this is write" and "monetize").  Google wants its transcription software to become better more quickly, and so is asking for users for a hand. On the Google Voice Blog, Vincent Paquet, a senior product manager, recently wrote, "Until...

Google Voice Gets New Free VoIP Service

Earlier this week, reports surfaced indicating that Google had bought Gizmo5, a VoIP firm. The news came just on the heels of Google’s AdMob acquisition. Google has now officially announced that it has indeed acquired Gizmo5. "While we don’t have any specific features to announce right now, Gizmo5’s engineers will be joining the Google Voice team to continue improving the Google...

Report Indicates Google Bought Gizmo5

Not long ago, Eric Schmidt estimated that Google would start making monthly acquisitions.  Today, it’s almost looking like the dial got bumped up to hourly, since following this morning’s confirmed acquisition of AdMob, a report has indicated that Google’s bought Gizmo5, too. Gizmo5 is a VoIP firm.  Two recent company blog posts are titled "Introducing GizmoVoice –...

You Don’t Need a Google Number to Use Google Voice

Google has announced that Google Voice users can now use existing mobile phone numbers. This means that even if you don’t get a new Google number, you can still get Google Voicemail. In the past, if you created a Google Voice account, you would have to get a Google number. "This allowed us to offer features like call forwarding, screening, and recording," explains Google Voice Product...

AT&T Goes On The Offensive Against Google Voice

After getting the Google Voice App blocked on the iPhone and the FCC to scrutinize Google Voice, you’d think AT&T could sit back and rest assured. But not so. Yesterday, they fired another volley in their war against the Internet-based telephony service with a 13-page letter to the FCC. It’s like they read the comment section of the Google Public Policy blog post about all this the...

“Invite A Friend” Links Coming To Google Voice

It looks like a certain search giant is ready to let some more people get their hands (or, um, mouths and ears) on Google Voice.  Google announced today that users will soon have the chance to invite their friends and family members (or cash-equipped individuals) to the service. A post on the Official Google Blog stated, "Starting today, we’re beginning to give out invitations to Google...

Apple May Have Some Explaining to Do Over Google Voice

There was a lot of hoopla made regarding Apple’s banning of Google Voice from its App Store. Fingers were pointed, names were (probably) called. Today Google announced that the FCC has made its letter (pdf) available to the public. The letter reveals what Google claims to be the explanation it got from Apple about why it would not accept its Google Voice app (as well as Google Latitude). "When...

Play Google Voice Messages Right in Gmail

Google has launched a new feature in Gmail labs that allows you to play Google Voice voicemails right from Gmail. Before, when Google Voice users received email notifications from Google Voice, they had to click a link in the message to open a new page. If you’re unfamiliar with Google Voice, Google compares it to Gmail for phone calls and text message. After someone leaves a message, on your...

Google Voice Merges Text Messages, Email

Google Voice, with its "one number for all your calls and SMS" tagline and almost endless list of benefits, aims to make users’ lives easier.  A new feature introduced today represents another step in that direction. Suppose you’re sitting at a desk with a full-sized keyboard at your fingertips and a 20" monitor in front of your eyes.  Most services would still...

AT&T Fingered In Google Voice/App Store Fiasco

The accusations are still flying when it comes to Google Voice getting banned from the iPhone App Store.  Andy Kessler, a former hedge fund manager, has even gone so far as to say that AT&T "killed" the service. Kessler wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal and gave it the straightforward title "Why AT&T Killed Google Voice."  In the article, he explained...

Tracking phone leads with Google Voice

When you are working with a company on a private lead generation campaign, the company will sometimes need to receive the leads by phone calls.  Obviously its much easier to track online leads, but call tracking is not as hard as you might think.  There a variety of paid services available to track and log phone leads, but now you can do it for free with Google Voice. Here are the steps to track...

Servicemembers Offered Special Access To Google Voice

Because of how they serve our country, members of the military are often given special treatment – drinks on the house, free upgrades to first class, etc.  And now, Google’s doing its part by bumping them to the front of the line for Google Voice. U.S. Army Sergeant Dale Sweetnam has been working with Google’s communications team, and on the Official Google Blog, he explained...

Google Voice Completely Banned From Apple’s App Store

UPDATE: There is a Twitition floating around asking "Apple to unblock Google Voice App". If you wish to sign it, go here. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Apple is notoriously known for banning applications from the App Store for some pretty “iffy” reasons. Sometimes a ban is in order, but other times their decisions just seems ridiculous. With Apple’s recent banning of all Google...