Google’s latest phone pitch: get free voice mail with more features while keeping same number

July 15th, 2009 Google is all set to revolutionize the way we use phones. Google Voice, formerly Grand Central has released its first mobile app for BlackBerry and Google Android phones today.

September 3rd, 2009 Sprint to start selling phone with Google softwareNEW YORK — Sprint Nextel Corp. is releasing a phone sporting Google Inc.'s Android software on Oct.

September 25th, 2009 AT&T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can'tSEATTLE — AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees.

March 12th, 2009 Google was in text, it has started to intrude into our electricity and now It is in our telephones. Google Inc. introduced Google Voice the other day.  The new service weaves traditional phone features with Google's Gmail email product, allowing a person to store transcripts of voicemail phone messages in their email inbox and to find a specific nugget of information within a phone message as if trawling through a sea of emails - as Reuters reports.

October 1st, 2009 IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail serviceSAN FRANCISCO — IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.

August 22nd, 2009 Apple denies 'rejecting' Google Voice for iPhoneSEATTLE — Apple Inc. told federal regulators Friday that it blocked the Google Voice program from running on the iPhone because it alters important functions on the device — yet Apple denied that it has rejected Google's application outright.

July 29th, 2009 Review: New Android phone better, far from perfectSAN FRANCISCO — Less than a year after T-Mobile and HTC released the first smart phone using Google's Android operating system, the wireless operator and the handset maker are back with a sleeker device that takes advantage of recent software updates. The myTouch 3G has plenty of hardware and software kinks — and a $200 price tag that's $50 higher than the predecessor, the G1, both with a two-year contract.

October 2nd, 2006 Remote XT technology, a UK firm designed a cell phone security system which sets off a high pitch scream, permanently locks the handset and finally wipes all data if the cell phone is stolen. They hope it will halt the spiraling rise (190% increase) in phone theft.

October 5th, 2009 Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerryNEW YORK — Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers. The free programs let users place calls that are routed over Vonage's network, at least for the international leg.

October 7th, 2009 Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&TSEATTLE — Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.

July 28th, 2009 Phone number for Tutone's 'Jenny' up for auctionPHILADELPHIA — It may be the most famous telephone number in popular culture, and it's for sale. The number from the Tommy Tutone hit song "Jenny" — 867-5309, with the Philadelphia area code 267 — is being auctioned off on eBay.

March 22nd, 2006 Yahoo lanuched a service to provide local telephone number for $2.99 per month. The calls will have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones.

March 28th, 2009 Hotmail, unlike others, never had a POP3 access in the first place. Well, you can't blame Microsoft for leaving behind some of the most important features behind while concetrating on the ones which we DO NOT WANT.

May 11th, 2005 Someone won't leave you alone? Give them "your" number: 212-479-7990 The official New York Rejection Line!

April 22nd, 2009 AT&T to shut CallVantage Internet phone service NEW YORK — AT&T Inc. is shutting down its CallVantage Internet-based phone service, according to letters received by subscribers this week.