Category Archives: Google Voice

GAFYD.net* can redefine CELL PHONE messaging – PART 3

Big, bigger and biggest — we see it a lot in product offerings. But as this picture hints – the age of the person connected to the feet is unknown. Is it a Child, Teen and Adult – or just … Continue reading

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Google Voice goes Mainstream Wireless via Sprint

WOW! Google Voice has raised its flag in the land of traditional telephony.  March 21, 2011 it was announced existing Sprint wireless customers will be able to get full Google Voice capability via their Sprint phone number if they want.  … Continue reading

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Santa Google – Extends FREE “Phone” minutes for 2011

Google’s progress in the Voice / Telephone world has been more evolutionary than revolutionary. So occasionally major advances are sometimes hard to notice.  Like the  “Phone” ability inside the Gmail inbox which was added this past August and allowed Free … Continue reading

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Santa now calling all boys and girls (regardless of age!)

Well, Santa’s no Internet slouch or laggard that is for sure, he knows his IP!  For Christmas 2010, he’s leveraging the advantages of VoIP (his Google Voice #) to keep in touch with everyone.  He knows boys and girls of … Continue reading

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I lost my Mobile phone, Part 2! What about my contacts?

Last week I wrote a blog titled “I lost my Mobile Phone ! What Now?”. Part 2 talks about what typically creates the most pain from such an event – losing the contact and address book data that’s in the phone. When traveling … Continue reading

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I lost my Mobile phone! What now?

We live and die by our mobile phones – so how mobile can you be when that phone is suddenly gone? With IP (Internet Protocol) technology and cloud computing – a lot! There are 100s of reasons why we might … Continue reading

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Google Apps (GAPE) – A happy 3 year old!

“Google Apps” the cloud computing solution from Google Inc. was first released for use late August 2006.  I know because, in that week I registered one of the first issued Google Apps domains (www.GAFYD.net). The formal business version, known as … Continue reading

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Google Voice to the aid of the iPhone

On 10/26/09 Google announced you can now use the Google Voice / Voice Mail system for existing mobile phone numbers.  This is pretty cool for a number of reasons. Have you seen this article?  Poll: Is your AT&T iPhone’s Visual … Continue reading

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Military Personnel access to Google Voice…

In early Aug 2009 Google announced a priority offering of the Google Voice service for Military Personnel. For servicemen and women who’re constantly on the move, having a single number and an easy way to retrieve messages from loved ones … Continue reading

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Sharing your GOOGLE VOICE # with others

Last Friday (July 24) the Google Voice team promised to start offering 50,000 sets of free calling cards for the new invitees of its phone management service, which lets users receive calls to multiple phones via one Google Voice number. … Continue reading

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