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Google's New Click-to-Call Service

teknopagan writes "Google has debuted a new service called Click-to-Call, in which they will connect you by phone to any of their advertisers. You click a phone icon next to the ad, enter your phone number, and Google calls you and connects you for free to the advertiser."

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  1. Phone Sex by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not that this is the first and only thing in my mind, but if phone sex operators are using this service......

  2. all right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    prank calls have now reached a new frontier!

  3. Brilliant idea. by xdroop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here I am looking at male enhancement products... what's Taco's phone number again?

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  4. Click-to-Call? Come on...where's the G? by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What a boring name. No GClick, GCall, or G-Click-to-Call?

    They just don't put the effort into their naming schemes like they used to.

  5. And this wasn't thought of sooner? by Electr!c_B4rd_Qu!nn · · Score: 4, Funny

    For people like me who prefer phone communications over e-mail(*Prepares sheild for attack*), this is the best technology that I SHOULD have thought of first. And to think, I'd have made a killing if I just saved that damn dinner napkin....

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  6. Re:Are they using Asterisk? by poopdeville · · Score: 5, Funny
    Pure genius.

    Indeed. I'm going to start making google prank call my friends immediately!

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  7. Re:Are they using Asterisk? by FuturePastNow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't be evil.

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