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Google Voice

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:59:35 +0000

A few months back Google released Google Voice, making it easier for people to manage communications like phone calls, voice messages and text messages . Evolving from GrandCentral that Google acquired some two years back, it is finally opening its voice mail box to the masses. This means that those of you signed up on Google’s new Voice program will finally get a shot at it. All those who are still unregistered, will soon be able to avail the service.

What is Google Voice?

* Not linked to any phone or location, your Google phone number is like a regular phone number which is linked to you.

* It is an Internet telephone service that allows you to make domestic as well as international calls from your computer.

* It gives you a Google phone number which links all your phones together into one central communications network

* People don’t have to worry about calling you at home, work or mobile phone. They can simply call on your Google number and you get to decide which phone rings.

* You could have all your phones ring at once, or different phones as per your choice, convenience and based on who is calling.

* If you do not want to attend calls, you can have the call forwarded straight to your Google voicemail that you could check later from any phone or online for free (voice.google.com).

Getting started

* Click here to send a Google Voice Invitation Request.

* Just leave your name and email, and Google will invite you as soon as Google Voice becomes available. If you left your email address previously on the GrandCentral site, you don’t need to resubmit it here.

* Once you receive your invitation, just click on the link and follow the instructions to setup your new Voice account.

* You can find a Google number that is personalized to you. Make use of the number picker that lets you search by area code and text. You could find a number that contains your name, a specific word or a number combination.

Link: Google Voice Invitation Request

(Source & Image credits: Google blog)

Gmail welcomes your AIM friends

admin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:13:44 +0000

Gmail has recently launched a service through which you can talk to your AIM® friends using an integrated chat list right inside Gmail.

Gmail chat now offers the option to sign in to your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account to chat with your AIM buddies from Gmail. Your AIM buddies will populate your Contacts list, and are searchable just like your Google Talk contacts.

Chatting with your AIM buddies is easy — just click on a name in your chat list, and start typing.

Note that an AIM account is required to use this feature. AIM in Gmail is not a Google Talk and AIM federation; it’s the ability to sign in to your AIM messaging account from Gmail. Gmail uses Open AIM to provide this feature.

Note: AIM, colored labels, group chat and rich emoticons only work in the latest version of Gmail, currently available for Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2. Please upgrade your browser to take advantage of these new features.

Yahoo Messenger on Orkut

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:15:34 +0000

Pingbox is an application that Yahoo! launched towards the end of last year, but now adds support for Orkut Scrapbook chat. So, when you installed the Pingbox app on your orkut scrapbook and someone visits your profile, he can send messages from there, you will receive in Yahoo! Messenger. In this way, stay connected without having signed in on Orkut.

Installing Pingbox on orkut is really easy, after which your profile will have a widget whose title is Yahoo! Messenger Pingbox. From there they can send instant messages, and finally not to forget you must have Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 or 9.0.

Orkut has its own instant-messaging service, but it doesn’t launch a pop-up window or desktop notification when somebody sends a message, so it’s not obvious when people use it. So, With the Pingbox app, your friends can IM you from your profile page even when you’re not on Orkut.