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30,000 Feet High And Rising To The Challenge: Staying Productive In The Air

BY Kevin PurdySun Oct 16, 2011

Grab the best of the cheap seats, use a tray-friendly laptop, and crank out some serious work, even if your plane seems designed to stop you.READ»

CELL PHONE FEES | Comment

Don't Shoot The iMessager: Why Cell Phone Networks May Soon Have To Shrink Your Bill

BY Kit EatonTue Oct 11, 2011

Tomorrow Apple is due to launch its iOS 5 update to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch's systems, bringing iMessage with it. Because of this, and other new tech, how your cell phone provider charges you for your service may be close to radically changing--powered not by internal company decisions, but by smartphone advances.READ»

SKYPE | Comment

Skype's Investors' $6.5B "Told Ya So"

BY Kit EatonTue May 10, 2011

Defending the huge price Microsoft paid for Skype, investor Ben Horowitz suggests rivalry from Google and Apple had no impact on Skype's continuing success. No surprise here: Along with other firms, they only paid $2 billion for it two years ago.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Users Get Yap's Free Voicemail-to-Text Service

BY David ZaxTue Mar 22, 2011

Ten million people have access to the free app on Android Market. Is it better than Google Voice?READ»

GOOGLE VOICE | Comment

Sprint Embraces Google Voice

BY Kit EatonMon Mar 21, 2011

Sprint is integrating Google's Voice digital telephony protocol into its cell phone network offerings. Did Google just insert an important crack in the cell phone industry that it'll lever open later?READ»

IFIVE | Comment

iFive: AT&T Buys T-Mobile, China Hacks Gmail, Nexus S 4G Leaked, Facebook Snaps Up Snaptu, Sony's Thunderbolt MacBook Air Rival

BY Kit EatonMon Mar 21, 2011

The week's just starting for most of us; but for others it's already well underway. So here's the early news, to get you up to speed:READ»

IFIVE | Comment

iFive: Amazon Buys Lovefilm, Google Pulls App, Google Voice Number Porting, 200 Million Tweeters, Facebook on Feature Phones

BY Kit EatonThu Jan 20, 2011

Thursday's early news, in easily-read chunks:READ»

IFIVE | Comment

iFive: iPhone Gets Google Voice, John Doerr on Zynga, Google Goes Fashion, Intel's Football Chips, Weatherathome Project

BY Addy DugdaleWed Nov 17, 2010

Your daily round up of what's hot in innovation land.READ»

WANTED | Comment

Wanted: Free High-Fidelity Phone Calls for Life [Review]

BY Chris DannenFri Nov 12, 2010

With Ooma's ever-improving system, house phones are about to be cool again.READ»

PHONE BOOTHS | Comment

Google Plans Adorable, Green, and (Most Importantly) Free Google Voice Phone Booths

BY Dan NosowitzThu Aug 26, 2010

One of the more charming parts of today's Google Voice phone calling announcement is the unveiling of a few promotional, British-style phone booths. The twist: They're totally free.READ»

GOOGLE PHONE | Comment

Google's Next Assault on the Phone Biz: Call Phones From Gmail

BY Kit EatonWed Aug 25, 2010

It's been rumored, and now it's here: Google's implemented direct computer-to-phone calling from within its Gmail service. It's a small change, but it makes Google Voice more powerful, and challenges the existing phone industry.READ»

VOIP | Comment

Google Reportedly Taking Aim at Skype With Voice Calling in Gmail

BY Dan NosowitzWed Aug 25, 2010

Google is reportedly testing a Web-based voice calling service, embedded inside Gmail.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

How Google Voice Solved My ATT Reception Issues

BY Gregory FerensteinSun Aug 8, 2010

For many iphone users, ridiculously poor reception is almost enough to switch carriers…almost. Fortunately, for those who make many calls within the range of a wifi connection, we can marry Google Voice and Skype to ...READ»

GOOGLE VOICE | Comment

Google Voice Now Available to Everyone (in the U.S.)

BY Dan NosowitzTue Jun 22, 2010

Google Voice, a sort of phone management system, has been out for over a year, amassing over a million users, but until today, it was only available through invite.READ»

GOOGLE VOICE | Comment

Google Voice Returns to the iPhone, by Hook or by Crook

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 26, 2010

This is a case of fabulous PR timing: Google's just released Google Voice for the iPhone...and this time it works. It's all thanks to some nifty HTML5 coding, and Google's clearly hoping to steal some of Apple's iTablet ...READ»

VIDEO CAPTIONS | Comment

YouTube Now Reads Your Lips for Automatic Captions, Kinda

BY Kit EatonThu Nov 19, 2009

Depending on your needs, and how you look on them, YouTube's embedded captions are either extremely useful, or an irritating extra that people abuse, distracting you from the video. The good thing is: Captions just got a whole lot ...READ»

VERIZON'S ANDROID | Comment

Google-Verizon Taking on Apple-AT&T

BY Kit EatonTue Oct 6, 2009

Google and Verizon have just announced a "groundbreaking" agreement to maximize the chances for success of the Android OS in the U.S. smartphone market. Their intended target? Beating Apple and AT&T at their own game. The ...READ»

VOIP | Comment

Ooma: The Wonderful, Oddly-Named Phone for Google Voice

BY Chris DannenMon Sep 21, 2009

There are a few major reasons why we all don't have VOIP phones: monthly subscription fees are a big one, as is cost of equipment. But Ooma may change all of that, while adding icing to the cake, with full native Google Voice support. ...READ»

FCC | Comment

FCC to Probe Wireless Industry, Putting Carriers and Device Makers in Hot Seat

BY Clay DillowFri Aug 28, 2009

Months of grumbling by consumer and trade groups and whispers of a possible FCC probe have culminated in exactly that, as the Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to launch a broad investigation into the wireless ...READ»

APPLE BACKLASH | Comment

Irate Man Shoots iPhone With 9mm, Accidentally Proves iPhone's Quality

BY Cliff KuangMon Aug 17, 2009

Would you ever guess that such a svelte gadget could stop a bullet? It can.READ»