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January 29, 2011
Mobile

Should I Port My Number To Google Voice?


The one last barrier for you using Google Voice full time – number porting – just got knocked down. But should you use Google Voice? Almost certainly yes.

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Google Voice Gets Circles Support

Google’s Circles feature is a great way to keep your various online social factions safely segregated. And, starting today, you can partition your Google Voice contact list the same way.

October 27, 2011
Mobile

Google Voice Search Works Underwater And In The Desert

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Sure, that other voice-operated phone utility’s been getting a lot of coverage lately, but that doesn’t mean that Google Voice Search doesn’t work at all. In fact, in tests in the middle of Australia and the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef, Google’s shown just how well it can work.

September 7, 2011
News

Voicemail, Fast Fives, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post


So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.

September 3, 2011
Online

Google Voice Gets Full Honeycomb Support

Engadget reports that Google just planted the latest version of Google Voice into the Android Market, fully optimised to work with Honeycomb. Took them bloody long enough, no? [Engadget]

May 4, 2011
Software

Google Voice Is Only Around To Collect Our Data

When Google launched their Voice service a couple of years ago, people made a big deal about what their move into the telecom world meant. In a print-only interview with New Scientist Peter Norvig, Google’s head of research, he said the main reason they launched the service was so they could better learn how to transcribe human voice to text.
March 21, 2011

January 26, 2011
Software

Google Voice Rolls Out Number Porting For All Users

Google Voice recently started offering number porting, but in a limited test. Today, number porting is available for all users. Current Voice users can port their cell phone number to Google Voice for a $US20 fee, so none of your contacts have to learn a new number for you.

January 7, 2011
Software

Use A Google Voice Number From Outside The US

Any post about Google Voice brings a small collection of sighs and aggravation from our non-US readers: “What about us?” Here’s how you can obtain a US Google Voice number and use it overseas.