I have no idea what my mum’s cell phone number is. I don’t think I’ve ever known the phone number of a girlfriend. Why would I? You probably don’t either! Contact lists killed them. But web service Go800 wants to skip the whole number thing entirely, letting you hit people via their Twitter handle to connect a call. More »
Gmail recently added the ability to make phone calls from your inbox, and they’ve recently (silently) rolled out the ability to record incoming calls as well. More »
Looks like the folks over at TechCrunch somehow got their hands on an unreleased version of a Google Voice desktop app. It’s apparently called “Gizmo5 by Google”, which fits with a previous acquisition, and works rather well. More »
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Today in Redmond, Microsoft Research demoed the Translating Telephone. It does exactly what it says it does, and as you can see – well, hear – from this video, it was awesome. More »
