Surprise, surprise.
I’ve received an invite from Google for their Google Voice service today.
Google Voice is available in The United States only.
Google is Reported to Reserve 1 Million Phone Numbers for Google Voice.
PC World said that Google is reported to have reserved 1 Million Phone Number for its Google Voice service. This is good news if it’s true, because the service has not been made available to new users even after Google rebranded GrandCentral into Google Voice back on March 11th, 2009.
Google Voice is currently available for existing GrandCentral users. It is unclear if Google Voice will be made available for users outside The United States.
If you are interested in getting a Google Voice account, you can sign-up for notification at:
http://voice.google.com/
The Road Left Behind: May 2009
May 2009 has been a busy month and I’ve been posting less on this blog. I figured that I should post the stuff I’ve been meaning to post here.
- Google Wave
If you ain’t a developer, probably this won’t interest you for now. - Microsoft Bing
It’s definitely prettier than Google‘s homepage.
John C. Dvorak’s take on the name behind Microsoft Bing.
TechCrunch points out what “Bing” means in Chinese. - Muslim Clerics wants to regulate Facebook usage in Indonesia.
Seriously, they should regulate Google usage too, since apparently it can be used to find some naked pictures. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world. - Palm Pre to hit the street on June 6th, 2009.
Welcome to Sprint Network. For $199.99 after rebate and service agreement.
Sprint Press Release.
Boy Genius Report reviews Palm Pre. - Palm Pre syncs Media with iTunes.
“DVD” Jon Lech Johansen’s take on this matter.
John Gruber weighs in on Palm Pre and iTunes syncing.
……. to be continued.
Upgrading To Google Voice
It’s about time my GrandCentral account to be upgraded to Google Voice. I’ve finally got the upgrade notice today.
Google Voice is now available for GrandCentral users and only for the US. Get an invite.
Images courtesy of Google.
“Hi, I’m a PC and AAAARGHH!”
OK, this is not really fair for me to make fun of the “I’m a PC” stuff.
I thought that it is funny when searching for certain keywords yielding some sites that triggered this warning:
iPhone OS 2.2 Gallery
A few screenshots from iPhone OS 2.2 features.
Turning Auto-Correction On/Off
Podcasts Support in iTunes
Updates to Safari
iPhone Safari still fails Acid3 Tests
Gmail database in Safari
Maps Applications with Google Street View
I’ll Give You 110-Percent!
I was listening to Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy Show and looking at the show notes.
It says:
“Google looses search ground in June.
Google’s share of the web search market is down to 61%. What is that other 49% using?”
Let’s see. 61% + 49% = 110%
I get it, it’s just like Bender who is made of 30% iron, 40% dolomite, 40% titanium and 40% zinc, with a 0.04% nickel impurity.
OK, it’s a typo on Leo’s Show Notes. It might get fixed by now.