The sleuths at TechCrunch have been tapping their sources for more news about Google Voice. It looks like they were able to get some kind of obvious news out of some uncited sources (thus the Rumor Mill tag).
According to TC, Google has been working to integrate Gizmo5 and create a desktop application for their Google Voice project. The new application is an extension of Google Voice which in the past only allowed users to make and receive calls from a phone they registered with their service. In addition, the app reportedly under development will allow users to make calls from the desktop right from Google Voice without the need for an external phone service. Google is apparently 'dogfooding' the desktop app--code for internally testing.
For more:
- read the Tech Crunch post [1]
Related articles:
Google to release enterprise Voice in 2010 [2]
Gizmo5 migrating PSTN numbers to Google Voice soon [3]
Google Voice adds pseudo-mobile number portability [4]
Links:
[1] http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/07/google-testing-google-voice-desktop-app-internally/
[2] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/google-release-enterprise-voice-2010/2010-02-08
[3] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/gizmo5-migrating-pstn-numbers-google-voice-soon/2009-11-30
[4] http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/google-voice-adds-mobile-number-portability/2009-10-27
[5] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/google-gets-voip-upgrade-buys-gips/2010-05-20
[6] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/special-reports/rise-googles-enterprise-empire
[7] http://www.fierceenterprisecommunications.com/story/googles-buzz-uc-play/2010-02-11