Published January 26, 2010
Apple recently decided not to approve Google’s Voice application, citing the application altered the main functions of the iPhone.
Today, Google has released an enhanced mobile version of Voice at http://m.google.com/voice, which is powered by HTML5 that now brings new premium features to the iPhone.
Most people who use Google Voice want to use it to consolidate all their telephone numbers into one primary one. One of the best features is now the ability to set your outgoing calling number to your Google Voice number on your iPhone. It will now be easier for your friends to adopt your Google Voice number, as they’ll always see your Google Voice number. You can also send and receive free text messages from Google Voice.
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Published October 19, 2009
Privacy concerns are being raised over the search giant accidentally making private voicemails available publically from its popular Google Voice service
A technical error in the Google algorithm is indexing private voicemail recordings from Google Voice and making them available to the public.
If you currently search “site:https://www.google.com/voice/fm/*” in Google, it will return various voicemails, some dated as far back as many months ago, to even only hours ago.
As of right now, if you perform the search string noted above, the voicemails are still available publically with transcription.
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Published September 09, 2009
Google today added a new feature to its Google Voice service that allows you to forward SMS messages to an email account, and even reply (with threaded SMS) directly by simply replying to the email.
Google Voice now lets you combine your SMS messages with your voicemail notifications with your other emails in your inbox.
To get the feature, you simply have to turn it on in the settings panel of Google Voice.
Google Voice is still pending approval by Apple to get the app working on the iPhone after a federal inquiry by the FCC.
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Published March 12, 2009
Google acquired Grand Central in 2007 for more than $50 million in just over a year after the company launched. Grand Central essentially centralizes all of your phone numbers into one prime number; therefore even as you change numbers work or mobile numbers, everyone will still have your primary number.
Google has now finally re-launched the service as Google Voice. New user registrations are still closed but will be opened in the coming weeks. Google says existing Grand Central users will be getting an email with instructions on how to take advantage of the new features that will soon be opened to everyone.
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