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No open-source Skype… yet

People love Skype, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) program, but Linux users have a love/hate relationship with it. Yes, Skype will run on some versions of Linux, but it doesn’t run on all of them and the Linux versions, 2.1-beta, lags far behind the Windows version.

Still, Linux users really want Skype so every now [...]

November 2nd, 2009 | Category: Applications, Development, Internet, Linux, Network, Open Source, Operating System, Telecomm/VoIP | One comment

Google will slowly let new Google Voice users in

Remember when Google first started Gmail and you had to have an invitation to get in? It’s going to be the same kind of deal with Google Voice.

Google Voice, if you haven’t heard of it yet, is a free Web-based application that lets you control all your various phone numbers — work, home, mobile, you [...]

June 26th, 2009 | Category: Applications, Google, Network, Telecomm/VoIP | Comments are closed

Google Voice makes your phone life better. Period.

Google makes headlines if it sneezes, so it isn’t surprising that the company’s latest announcement, a revision of a Web app called GrandCentral now renamed Google Voice, has caught the attention of the Webverse.

What is it? Google Voice, which is currently available only to former GrandCentral customers, is a free Web-based application that [...]

March 19th, 2009 | Category: Applications, Google, Telecomm/VoIP | Comments are closed