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Google is killing the voice plan
By turning Google Voice into a true VoIP option, Google makes your phone company's expensive voice plans completely optional.
Today different websites are claiming that you can now connect to Google (GOOG) Voice through an industry standard set of Voice over IP (VoIP) standards called SIP. What this means in layman's terms is that you'll soon be able to connect to your Google Voice account in mostly the same way that you use your "phone" MORE
Seth Weintraub - Mar 8, 2011 11:34 AM ETPosted in: Android, Google, GoogleVoice, Grand Central, iPhone, Session Initiation Protocol, Skype, Vincent Paquet, Voice over IP -
Crystal-clear cell phone calls are coming. Really.
Peter Santos, the CEO of Audience Inc., says high-definition cellular service is about to take off.
Peter Santos comes across as a pretty mild-mannered executive, until he starts trying to come up with a metaphor for how crummy today's cellular phones sound relative to how good he knows they could sound. "What we have in voice today is a 13-inch black-and-white TV set. We have an opportunity to have a 60-inch MORE
Scott Woolley - Feb 22, 2011 2:00 PM ET -
Today in Tech: Android 3.0 videos, Mac App store hacked
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Though Mark Zuckerberg has stated he's in no rush to take Facebook public, a 100-page deal memo from Goldman Sachs reveals the social network intends to pass that key 500-shareholder mark this year, putting it in a position to either go public or begin disclosing its financial results by early 2012. (CNNMoney)
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 7, 2011 7:56 AM ET
Apple's Mac App store launched MOREPosted in: Android, DimDim, Facebook, Google, Google Talk, GTalk, Honeycomb, iLife, Mac App Store, Mark Zuckerberg, Mobile, Skype, Sony Playstation Phone, TechCrunch, YouTube -
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 ETPosted in: App Store, Apple, AT&T, federal communications commission, Google, Google Voice, iPhone, Skype -
Skype for iPhone vs. FaceTime
Apple will have to add 3G calling to its video chat service if it wants to compete
If you have an iPhone, you'll want to get the free updated app Skype released Wednesday along with this YouTube video showing how it can be used to see your friends dancing in their underwear.
Skype now supports two-way video calling on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and fourth-generation iPod touch, not just over Wi-Fi MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 30, 2010 6:30 AM ET -
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 -
Today in Tech
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the Thanksgiving weekend's most newsworthy bits below.
"ChromeOS machines could immediately replace 60% of the Windows desktops in the corporate market." -- Linus Upson, VP Engineering of Google Chrome (Fortune)
Black Friday sales rose a meager 0.3% compared with last year. Despite thefts, MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 29, 2010 5:47 AM ET -
Cisco's new Umi: The answer to a question nobody asked
The company says its new video chatting device is just what people want. But a look at the competition -- and $600 price point -- doesn't seem to bode well for its chances.
There had better be an elite group of videochatters out there with cash to burn. Otherwise, Cisco Systems will be in trouble with its video-calling system, Umi. Cisco (CSCO) says it has done the market research to back MORE
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - Oct 8, 2010 12:13 PM ET -
Today in Tech: News around the Web
A round-up of the companies, deals, and trends that made headlines.
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
In Bloomberg Businessweek's profile of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, the publication declares, "Thank heavens." Despite smack-talking HP's board for letting Mark Hurd go and questioning the choice MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 8, 2010 7:45 AM ET -
Skype finally makes its way to Android
...but only available over WiFi in the U.S. and some phones like Galaxy S line aren't yet supported.
It seems like just yesterday, I was lamenting about how Skype had dropped the ball on Android and Blackberry by going exclusively with Verizon devices over the last six months. Well, a lot can happen in 24 hours. A Skype CEO can get shown the door and a new guy with different objectives MORE
Seth Weintraub - Oct 5, 2010 10:10 AM ET
