Google Voice Announced

Google looks like it has taken another ambitious step towards dominating the World Wide Web. You may or may not have been following the news, but the Web behemoth has previously acquired a startup called GrandCentral. The goal is basically to simplify the way folks handle phone calls, voice mail and text messages. The service, which is now called Google Voice, allows users to route all their calls through a separate number that can ring their home, work and mobile phones at the same day, giving users a singled-out and easy-to-manage voice mail system for all their phone lines. Users will be able to prepare calls that are routed via the World Wide Web for free in the US and for a small fee internationally. Currently the service is only available to GrandCentral subscribers, but Google has promised that the general public will be able to use it in the coming weeks. From Uberphones.