iPhone users: Should you stop at Google on your way to Verizon?

• Google Voice number porting now official

  Last week's preview was no fluke, you can now port your existing phone numbers to Google Voice online.

  As I explained in detail last week, the incredibly useful Google (GOOG) Voice is now officially available via a number porting procedure.  That means it is easier to move to Google Voice without having to tell everyone you know, your new number.

  Something that Google doesn't explain explicitly, is that with Voice you can MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Jan 25, 2011 2:12 PM ET
  Posted in: Google, Google Voice, Port, Searching, T-Mobile, Telephone number, Termination fee

• Google Voice makes move to mainstream with number porting

  Google's Voice services are set to go mainstream in 2011.

  Google (GOOG) is testing number portability on Google Voice (update: it was just taken down) which allows users to move their primary phone number to Google and then forward to a new number assigned by their carrier.  I did this a few months ago at the invitation of Google and haven't looked back.  I can now forward my calls to my landline, MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Jan 20, 2011 12:13 AM ET
  Posted in: Craig Walker, Dave Girouard, Google, Google Voice, Vincent Paquet

• What it's like when the FCC does its job

  Use Skype on your iPhone's 3G network, or Google Voice? You wouldn't if the government hadn't stepped in.

  By Chadwick Matlin, contributor

  It took Skype two years to finally make its way to the iPhone. And when it did, it only allowed calls over a Wi-Fi connection—talking to friends over 3G was strictly prohibited. AT&T's (T) network, we were told, could barely handle regular phone calls, let alone ones that took place over the MORE

  Jan 5, 2011 12:52 PM ET
  Posted in: App Store, Apple, AT&T, federal communications commission, Google, Google Voice, iPhone, Skype

• Today in Tech: Nokia working on Windows Phone 7?

  A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

  Today, the FCC votes on Internet regulations that would mandate that companies treat all kind of Web content equally -- though as they are now, the rules would not apply to wireless data. Venture capitalist and former California State Controller Steve Westly explained why the net neutrality proposal announced by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is a must-have. (CNN MORE

  JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 21, 2010 6:00 AM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Android, Andy Rubin, AOL, Apple, Brad Garlinghouse, eBay, FCC, federal communications commission, Financial, Google, Google Voice, Groupon, HP, Hulu, Julius Genachowski, Mark Hurd, MeeGo, Microsoft, Mobile, Motorola, Net neutrality, Nokia, SEC, Steve Jobs, Tablet, TechCrunch, Windows Phone 7

• Google gets in holiday spirit, extends free VoIP calls until 2012

  The purveyor of Google Voice services over Gmail says free calling to the U.S. and Canada will remain free for the rest of 2011.

  Google (GOOG) announced that Gmail users would be able to make calls within the web interface back in August.  By most accounts, the service has been a successful one, though there have been some minor outages.  Even if users don't opt to sign up for a free Google MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Dec 20, 2010 1:53 PM ET
  Posted in: Facebook, Google, Google Voice, Skype

• Official Google Voice client finally reaches the iPhone

  After 16 short months in the Apple App Store approval process, Google Voice is now available as a native app on the iPhone.

  The Google Mobile blog announced today that Google Voice would be available to Apple's iPhone users.  The app caused controversy almost two years ago when it was put into 'App Store Purgatory' by Apple and became one of the focal points of a government investigation into Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Nov 16, 2010 2:32 PM ET
  Posted in: Google Voice, iPhone, VoIP

• Throw your business phone away, Google Voice is now enterprise

  Google Voice for Enterprise customers could usher in a whole new era of telephony services for business.

  Update: Google Voice for Domains has been available since September and before on gmail.com.  I was only recently able to pick it up on my account when my account was migrated to new infrastructure.

  Google Voice is a pretty incredible, free service for routing telephone calls to different services and devices.

  Recently, Google enabled the ability to MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Nov 9, 2010 10:13 AM ET
  Posted in: Google Voice

• Apple mends a few fences

  With partners, developers, competitors and maybe some regulatory agencies

  One of Apple's (AAPL) weaknesses as a company -- as even Steve Jobs will admit -- is that it isn't a particularly good neighbor. Like its co-founder and CEO, it can be secretive, prickly and quick to take offense. Witness, for example, the 121 pending lawsuits that list Apple as a plaintiff or defendant.

  So it's unusual and sort of refreshing to see MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 19, 2010 8:27 AM ET
  Posted in: Adobe, Antennagate, Apple, Disney, DOJ, FCC, FTC, Google, Google Voice, Intel, Intuit, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mobile, Steve Jobs, Tablets

• Google Voice Android widgets leaked

  An upcoming release of the T-Mobile G2 build was leaked, along with some new Google Voice widgets.

  While they don't offer VoIP, the widgets that were extracted from an unreleased T-Mobile G2 build allow easy access to Google Voices features, demonstrated below.

  Google (GOOG) released Voice on Gmail last week in a surprise move that had many thinking Google was targeting Skype and Facebook. Having a full Google Voice VoIP application on MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Aug 30, 2010 10:23 AM ET
  Posted in: Android, Google Voice, Skype, VoIP