Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. phone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspace customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States. It is used for call forwarding and voicemail services, voice and text messaging, as…
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Must Have Mobile Apps
There are a lot of apps for smartphones out there some useful, some not so useful. Here are my pics for best apps… Google Maps – This is a must. Don’t leave home without it. Of course it is a default app on Android but it is also available for iPhones. Google Photos – Edit…
Skype for Web
Skype for Web Beta is a web-browser version of its very popular VOIP / chat service. I’ve been waiting for a Skype client that I can use with my Chromebook. Now I can use Skype on my Chromebook or any computer. The reason Microsoft has done this is, they needed a Skype app for their…
Phone Calls and SMS in Hangouts on your Computer
Get / make phone calls, send / receive SMS with a Google Voice number and the Hangouts extension on any computer Windows, Mac and Linux.
Google Voice
Google Voice is a VOIP service with many intriguing features like voicemail transcription, personalized greetings and call forwarding to any phone you wish. You get a regular phone number and you can call anywhere in the US and Canada for free. Texting is also free. Calling is $0.01 per minute to call other countries from the…
Talk-A-Tone
Use Talkatone to make free calls and send free texts without using any cell minutes. Stop paying for cell minutes and text messages. Call and text US and Canada numbers for free. Turn your iPad or iPod touch into a phone. Make insanely cheap international calls. Make calls over 3G, 4G and wifi. Google Talk does…
Other VOIP Providers
Your Internet Service Provider may also offer VOIP service but these are regulated as a utility and charge huge fees and taxes making them prohibitively expensive. The advantage of a utility is there is always someone to complain to when it does not work. Magic Jack is a VOIP service that uses a small device to…
Skype
Skype is a proprietary Voice over IP service and software application. First released in 2003 written by Estonian developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, who had also originally developed Kazaa. Since 2003 it has become a very popular application with 600 million users world wide. It 2011 it was purchase be Microsoft for $8.5 billion….
Mobile
Google+ Mobile is an app for Android Phones but soon to iPhones and others that lets you share to Google+ from anywhere. Get updates from your circles in the stream. Do a check-ins from your location to let you friends know where you are.
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