Google Voice

The enemy of SMS is my ... ?

Posted May 14, 2012 - 10:58 am

As previously noted in this space, text messaging, or SMS, is a scam and it needs to die. I suggested that Google Voice, Kik Messenger, and Apple’s iMessage could help kill it off. Yet it’s really a fourth, much more obvious service that will be the death of SMS.
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You really, truly don't need to pay so much for text messages anymore

Posted May 3, 2012 - 1:42 pm

Why are carriers still charging customers, especially those with data plans, exorbitant amounts to send 160 characters at a time?
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Google Drive, Google Voice partners, and the HTC One X in pictures

Posted March 28, 2012 - 8:59 am

It’s tough when rumors are actually vetted, confirmed, and realistic, because then they’re not very exciting rumors. We see that paradox this week in a few different ways, with Google drives, Google Voice partnerships, Windows 8 release candidates, and HTC’s hotly anticipated One X.
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What does Google want out of your Voice?

Posted March 23, 2012 - 11:03 am

Why is managing every single phone call for you so attractive to Google? There’s a cynical guess, a reasonable line you can draw through their previous voice-based initiatives, and then there’s just a question mark the size of a server farm.
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Google Voice + iPad multi-tasking = no more iPhone?

Posted April 8, 2010 - 5:40 pm

Steve Jobs announced today that the next version of the operating system (OS) that powers both the iPhone and the iPad would support multi-tasking. Jobs said the iPhone gets the new OS this summer, and the iPad gets it in the Fall. Jobs also said iPhone OS 4.0 would support VoIP.
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Google strikes back at Apple, releases new Google Voice for iPhone

Posted January 26, 2010 - 10:16 am

Google rolled out a new version of Google Voice for iPhone, but one that bypasses Apple's iTunes app store and functions direction from the iPhone's browser.
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Google Voice isn't VOIP, and other things you learn from readers

Posted August 26, 2009 - 8:47 pm

My face is a bit red, but this story is still weird.
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Apple, Google, and Google Voice: It gets weird

Posted August 24, 2009 - 9:11 pm

A sordid saga of VOIP intrigue just got a little stranger.
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Apple blocks Google Voice on iPhone

Posted July 28, 2009 - 8:08 am

iPhone users: Want to take advantage of all Google Voice has to offer? You're out of luck. Apple has removed 3rd party app GV Mobile from the app store, and rejected Google's own Google Voice iPhone app.
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When the robot from Lost in Space is configured with Google Voice

Posted July 17, 2009 - 2:48 pm

Danger! IT support!
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