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Duplex, Google’s conversational AI, has updated 3M+ business listings since pandemic

Google today offered an update on the status of Duplex, its AI technology that uses natural conversations to get things done — like making restaurant reservations, booking appointments or updati

Google will let everyone migrate from Hangouts to Chat for free in 2021

Google’s strategy around its messaging apps is nothing if not messy right now (hello Hangouts, Meet, Chat, Duo and Co.), but it looks like things will get a bit easier come next year. We already

Dialpad acquires video conferencing service Highfive

VoIP provider Dialpad, the company behind the popular video conferencing service UberConference, today announced that it has acquired Highfive, a well-funded video conferencing startup that focuses on

Google is making Meet free for everyone

Google today announced that it is making Meet, its video meeting tool for businesses that directly competes with the likes of Zoom, available for free to everyone. Until now, you could participate in

Google pitches free trials of its enterprise G Suite conferencing tools as part of a coronavirus response

Google said in a blog post that it would roll out free access to advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers globally as the company pitch

Smart Compose is coming to Google Docs

At its Cloud Next event in London, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian today announced that Smart Compose, the AI-powered feature that currently tries to complete phrases and sentences for you in Gmail, is

Google is rolling out a version of Google Voice for enterprise G Suite customers

Google today said it will be rolling out an enterprise version of its Google Voice service for G Suite users, potentially tapping a new demand source for Google that could help attract a whole host of

The new Google Voice launches, bringing a modern look, group chat, photo sharing & more

Confirming reports from earlier this month that a Google Voice update was in the works, Google today has launched a refreshed version of its VoIP calling service on mobile and the web. Largely, the up

Google Voice is getting an upgrade

Google’s somewhat aging VoIP calling service, Google Voice, is preparing to roll out a significant update, the company has confirmed. Several Google Voice users this week reported seeing an upgr

You can now sign up for Google’s Project Fi cell service without an invite

You can now sign up for Project Fi, Google’s first foray into offering its own cell phone service, without an invite. The service, which launched ten months ago, was an invite-only project un

Google Voice Search Gets Smarter, Now Understands Complex Questions And Their Meaning

If voice-based assistants are to become the primary way we interact with our devices now and in the future, then Google has just upped the ante in the battle between its own voice search functionali

Google Voice Finally Supports MMS On AT&T, Sprint, And Nearly 100 Other Carriers

If you've ever tried to receive a picture message with your Google Voice number, you might've noticed something rather crucial: it... probably didn't work. For the most part, MMS heading into the serv

Google Hangouts Gets Google Voice Integration And Free VoIP Calls

For the last few years, it has always felt like Google Voice, the company's VoIP calling solution, was on its way out. Instead, the video-centric Hangouts was getting all of the attention. But fret no

Gillmor Gang: Action Items

The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Semil Shah, Danny Sullivan, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor — played the latest favorite game of the Mobility Addicted. It's called Lock Screen, and some

Obihai Offers New Low-Cost Home Phone Options As Technology Change At Google Ends Free Service

My free lunch is about to end. I’m one of a few hundred thousand customers enjoying free monthly home phone service.* We use a low-cost analog telephone adapter (ATA) called an OBi, connected to Goo

Google Extends Free Gmail Voice Calls In The U.S. And Canada Through 2013

In what is becoming somewhat of a holiday tradition for Google, the company just <a target="_blank" href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/free-calling-within-us-and-canada.html">announced</a> th

Who Is This? (Sprint + Google Voice Is Hopeless)

You can't say I didn't give it an honest try. It was <a target="_blank" href="http://uncrunched.com/2011/10/27/my-iphone-4s-with-google-voice-native-sitting-here-on-my-desk/">over a year ago now</a> t

Google Voice Is Having Some SMS Issues Today, Sends Texts From Wrong Phone Numbers (Update: Fixed)

Google Voice seems to be having some issues with sending SMS messages today, as a number of blogs <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/6/3609522/google-voice-experiencing-major-sms

SendHub Takes On Google Voice With Debut Of Shared Groups; Grabs New Investment From Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.sendhub.com/">SendHub</a>, the messaging startup backed by $2 million in seed funding from Y Combinator, Kapor Capital, Menlo Ventures, 500 Startups and others, is

SendHub Expands Beyond Messaging, Now Rivals Google Voice With Support For Calls & Voicemail

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.sendhub.com/">SendHub</a>, the messaging startup that allows businesses to communicate with customers through SMS, is expanding its service today to now include s
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