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Rumor Mill: Google Voice desktop app being tested
The sleuths at TechCrunch have been tapping their sources for more news about Google Voice. It looks like they were able to get some kind of obvious news out of some uncited sources (thus the Rumor Mill tag).
According to TC, Google has been working to integrate Gizmo5 and create a desktop application for their Google Voice project. The new application is an extension of Google Voice which in the past only allowed users to make and receive calls from a phone they registered with their service. In addition, the app reportedly under development will allow users to make calls from the desktop right from Google Voice without the need for an external phone service. Google is apparently 'dogfooding' the desktop app--code for internally testing.
For more:
- read the Tech Crunch post
Related articles:
Google to release enterprise Voice in 2010
Gizmo5 migrating PSTN numbers to Google Voice soon
Google Voice adds pseudo-mobile number portability
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Posted by MattBk | April 8, 2010 - 11:39am
Another interesting Google chess move. Google Voice has been entirely focused on consumers. But, in theory, Google could have a pretty interesting enterprise suite in the next few years- and one that integrated voice with email and all the other pieces of Google apps for business.
With the release of the Nexus One it shows that they are willing to try out things on the hardware side instead of their former pure devotion to browser software. They could definitely release a pretty interesting touchscreen phone/video device if they chose to.
It really comes down to where they see the bigger opportunity- on the consumer or enterprise side, and where they choose to focus this product.
-Matt
M5 Networks
http://www.m5net.com/blog/2010/04/08/google-testing-google-voice-desktop-app-internally.html
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