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Google Announces the Extension of Free Gmail Voice Calls in the US and Canada for 2013

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Google Announces the Extension of Free Gmail Voice Calls in the US and Canada for 2013
 
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The App That Puts Google's Music Subscription Service on Your iPhone

Source: Wired

If we learned anything from the riveting 1980′s drama Footloose, it’s that music (and dance) should be available everywhere. So when Google announced its subscription service, Google Play Music All Access, and made it an Android-onl ...
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"Hangouts is designed to be the future of Google Voice, and making/receiving phone calls is just the beginning. Future versions of Hangouts will integrate Google Voice more seamlessly."


Source: GigaOM

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Google will den Herstellern beim schlechten Android-Update-Verhalten helfen

Source: HT4U.net

Google spricht von einer Android-Fragmentierung und meint damit die meist schlechte Verbreitung neuer Betriebssystem-Updates auf Mobiltelefonen. Das möchte Google gerne ändern und dabei den Smartphone-Herstellern mit neu ...
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New Google+ Photos Go Mobile, Auto Enhance and Auto Awesome Land in Android App

Source: Softpedia

With the web version of Google+ getting such a major update at Google I/O, it was perhaps fitting that the mobile version would get some attention as well. And indeed it has, in the latest update to the Android app ...
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NorthVancouverpolitics.com goes with Google Account option

Source: North Vancouver Politics

North Vancouver's own political BLOG dedicated to North Vancouver's political players and the decisions that shape our community. The decision to go with the Google account option offers the comments issue to middle ground. The other option was Reg ...
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Google Sees 700% Increase From In-App Purchases

Source: Actiontrip

The MMO market isn't the only one showing a strong gravitation toward microtransactions. Google's latest I/O report shares Google Play's in-app revenue increase of 700% year-over-year; a number that has sp ...
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Google fixing Google+ update that caused incompatibility with Android 4.0+ devices

Source: Pocket Lint

Google's Community Specialist Bradley Horowitz said the new app will install on "modern versions of Android (Froyo and above) with the advanced image editing features available on Ice Cream Sandwich and above". Ho ...
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Hangouts to integrate Google Voice 'seamlessly' in the future

Source: Android Central

Once both Voice ...
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Hold the phone: Google isn’t hanging up on Voice in Hangouts after all

Source: GigaOM

At last week’s Google I/O event, Google Voice news was noticeably absent from the stage, overshadowed by the new Hangouts service, which doesn’t yet support Voice. Hold tight, says Google, it’s coming. Hangouts has taken the place of Google Talk, which i ...
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Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, U.S. officials say

Source: The Washington Post

Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials. The breach appears to have been ...
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PM 'did not raise Google tax row'

Source: Crewe & Nantwich Guardian

David Cameron did not directly raise MPs' fury about the sums Google pays in the UK, No 10 said Google's controversial tax affairs were not raised by David Cameron when the internet giant's boss joined Downing ...
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What happens when Google and NASA build a computer?

Source: FOX News

A quantum computer chip can process information several orders of magnitude faster than an ordinary silicon computer chip.Erick Lucero Google's announcement last week that it plans to launch a new quantum computing labora ...
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Google+ Hangouts and Phone Numbers

Source: Google Operating System

There's an interesting Google Settings page for phone numbers. By default, the page only includes a message that says: "No phone numbers associated with this setting." A help center page explains that this feature ...
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Cameron tells Google and others to play fair on tax

Source: Reuters Mobile

A Google sign is seen at a Best Buy electronics store in this photo illustration in Encinitas, California April 11, 2013. LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday told Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt a ...
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Google Announces the Extension of Free Gmail Voice Calls in the US and Canada for 2013

If you've been enjoying free Gmail voice calls to your Gmail contacts during 2012, you'll be glad to hear that Google has announced it plans to extend the service for the US and Canada throughout 2013. Gmail users can continue to get free voice calls using the Gmail chat widget.

The free voice call service has been around since 2010 and has been expected to end each year only to be extended by Google. The Gmail Voice calling service is based on Google Voice and offers free domestic calls. Google Voice is an interesting service that hasn't been updated in a long time.

Unpopular or not, it's good to see Google extend the free voice call service for another year. Google has been shutting down its unpopular and unprofitable services so it's rather surprising to see the free voice call service continue.

 

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