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Google Purchases GrandCentral Web Phone Service
Nrbelex writes "Bloomberg News via the New York Times is reporting that Google has purchased GrandCentral. 'Google said yesterday that it had bought GrandCentral Communications, acquiring a service that lets people use a single number for all their phones ... GrandCentral users can create a single mailbox, accessible over the Internet, for all their phone messages, Google said on its Web site ... GrandCentral, based in Fremont, Calif., was founded in 2005 by Craig Walker and Vincent Paquet, two executives who worked for Dialpad Communications, a Web phone company that was acquired by Yahoo in 2005.'"
Well, now I know what one of Cringely's next few columns will be about...
Editor Emeritus and Senior Writer, TeleRead.org
Nobody even calls me on my regular phone. :_(
I thought this story was leading to how your mother was slain by AT&T and you vowed to avenge her. I can see how this affects you though, as you probably couldn't have a different phone service in the basement.
1) Set up a Grand Central account and link to your phone
2) Set up call forwarding to the GC phone number from your phone
3) ???
4) Profit (If you have stocks in Google / your carrier)
Seriously, what would happen if you self referenced your phone?
Cheers!
Atheist: Buddhist in a Prius
what a douchebag, low-class comment...
I'll still be driving a lemon.
Do not dial EVIL?
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