Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Google Voice Pushes Telecommunications Into The Future.

By Gregg Housh

A famous pioneer in web technology, creating the most popular search website in use today, Google stands at the forefront of corporations pushing towards a future that is inextricably tied to the rapidly evolving arena of the web.

With some of the most brilliant minds at work under their roof, the services resulting from their ingenuity have essentially modified how we communicate with each other. From Gmail to Google Wave, to competition that desperately plays "catch up," proof of this company's forward-thinking innovation abounds.

One of their more engaging services is Google Voice, a telecommunications wonder that extends users a unique phone number from Google, to which any calls to your real telephone - or, if you so choose, multiple phones will be transferred.

How it works :

* User creates ( assuming it is not taken ) a new telephone number or selects one from a pool of numbers made available by Google. * Once the Google Voice number has been selected, inbound calls to that number will be forwarded to the assigned telephones.

As an example, take the following scenario as testament to the convenience afforded by Google Voice :

While in the kitchen fixing dinner, you are awaiting a call from your brother about your sister-in-law's pregnancy, knowing that she's due any minute. Your cell phone, which is your first method of communication, is upstairs. Yet, your home is also equipped with a land line, with one telephone located merely a foot away from the kitchen counter. Without knowing if you're home or not, your brother excitedly dials your Google Voice number, resulting in his call being forward to every telephone assigned to it - including your land line.

With configuration requiring only a few steps, use of this service is that easy, gathering our different modes of telecommunication under the umbrella of Google Voice.

Extra features include :

* Voicemail * Call History * Conference Calling * Call Blocking * Voice transcription ( translating your voice mail into SMS messages ) * Call transitioning, which permits you to migrate from one telephone to next in the middle of a call.

Google now permits you to use your existing phone number with Google Voice, a feature that was only just announced. Your present number can be employed in tandem with a new Google Voice number. To read more about this new feature, visit here

For those who are interested by utilising this service, you can request an invite today.

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