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How to get a free phone number for calling and texting

Looking for an easy way to get a second phone number? Our handy guide will get you up and running with an alternative number for calls and texting in no time.
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How to record phone calls on your iPhone quickly and easily

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How to record phone calls on your Android phone

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Google Meet adds picture-in-picture mode, live emoji reactions

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How to set up Google Voice on your smartphone or computer

Google Voice now filters out unwanted calls, thanks to update

Google Voice gets a major redesign, now supports group and photo MMS

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Google confirms major Google Voice update in the works

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Get unlimited local, national calls with Google's Fiber Phone for $10 a month

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Hangouts on Android updated to version 4.0 with a fresh coat of paint and more

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Soon Google Voice might actually do a decent job of transcribing voicemail

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The Global Beer Fridge speaks 40 languages and opens on command

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Uh oh! Project Fi guts many of Google Voice’s features during setup process

If you're a Google Voice user, you might want to hold off on signing up for Project Fi -- it guts many of Voice's features.
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Hangouts and Google Voice edge closer together with free audio-only calls and more

Google is finally making some serious moves to integrate Google Voice with Hangouts. Users can now make audio-only calls for free to any number in the US and Canada, while Google Voice SMS messages and voicemail are also now part of the service.
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LinkedIn bans prostitutes, the world’s oldest occupation

Prostitution may be legal in many parts of the world, but LinkedIn's user policy has been modified to ban individuals in the industry from using the site.
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Google takes Gmail voice calling global, lowers rates

Google is extending voice calling within Gmail to 38 languages and 150 destinations...and lowers rates for international calling.
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Gmail adds call waiting with new multi-call support

If you enjoy reading email and placing phone calls from the same interface, Gmail may just solve your needs. Today, Google enabled multi-call support for all Gmail users.
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Google Voice adds spam filter

Google Voice can now automatically redirect spam calls, texts, and voicemail to users' spam folders, based on Google's own antispam tools and user feedback.
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Text messaging is dying, report shows

If a recent decline in the number of text messages sent is any indication, the days of over-priced texting plans may soon come to an end.

Facebook, Google reportedly in discussions for possible Skype deal

Skype is reportedly in discussions with both Google and Facebook for a possible joint venture or acquisition, according to sources.

Nexus S 4G announced, Sprint and Google Voice numbers interchangeable without porting

Google reveals the Nexus S 4G phone for Sprint, which offers an unprecedented level of integration with Google Voice, allowing customers to use a phone number from either service across a network of phones without having to port anything.
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Google Voice adds $20 mobile phone number porting

For $20, Google Voice users in the United States can now port their existing mobile phone number to Google Voice.

Google Voice testing ability to port your phone number

It looks switching over to Google Voice may be possible soon, but think twice before you ditch your carrier yet.

China threatens to ban Skype

China is sending a warning to VoIP sites by labeling Skype illegal, saying only companies native to the country can offer the service.
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Gmail extends free calling through 2011

Google will continue enabling users to place free phone calls from Gmail throughout 2011...at least for users in the United States.
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Google’s Latitude app finally comes to the iPhone

Following the Nov. release of Google Voice, Latitude becomes the second Google app to come to iOS devices following a loosening of App Store restrictions.

Google Voice finally debuts in the App Store

Apple has approved the Google Voice app for its App Store, and the free VoIP is better than ever for its official release.
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Google Voice Leaves Beta

It's taken a while, but Google has officially taken Google Voice out of beta and made it available to U.S. users.

New Version of Google Voice Appears for Apple’s iPhone

What? Google Voice is allowed on Apple's iPhone now?

Google Voice Lets Users Add Voicemail to Existing Phone Numbers

Google Voice now enables users to tap into voicemail features without changing their phone number.
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Lawmakers Urge FCC Probe of Google Voice

While some communications users are gaga for Google Voice—Google’s service that offers one phone number for all a person’s phones as well as free U.S. long distance and cheap international calls—telecommunications operators like AT&T claim that Google isn’t playing fair with the service, and should be subject to the same regulations and requirements as landline […]
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AT&T to Expand Internet Calling Services on iPhone

Mobile giant AT&T said it is enabling Internet calling services such as VoIP and Skype on Apple's iPhone.

Google and Verizon Bury the Hatchet, Partner on Android

Google and Verizon have announced a wide-ranging partnership to push Android devices on Verizon...and that includes support for Google Voice.