I recently hit upon a post by Judy Shapiro, ex-AT&T head “Bell Head”, arguing why Google Voice does not fit into the Google’s core business and this diversification reminded her about the unrelated diversifications AT&T undertook in 1980s. I have very high regards for Judy, but could not quite agree with her point this time....

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With this tutorial, you will be able to call from your mobile without using your local minutes. WOW!! Why do you need this? I’m sure you all know that local minutes are expensive. AT&T charges $0.45 per minute for every additional minute beyond your plan. This forces you to change your calling pattern, like calling...

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UPDATE: This tutorial has been updated. Please refer to the updated post to find out how to save your local cell phone minutes. When comparing VoIP providers for the cheapest international calling options, you often overlook the charges levied by the local cell phone carrier. Often the cost to call the local access number (local...

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By now, I am sure, you would have heard of the latest storm in the telephony world. Apple rejected the official Google Voice iPhone application from the App store and also removed other Google Voice iPhone apps from the app store. The entire world is crying foul and decrying Apple for stifling innovation. As an...

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UPDATE: This post has been revised. Read here for even more simpler trick to push Google Voice notifications to iPhone. Google Voice is slowly changing the face of communication. We already explained earlier, how you can save your cell phone minutes using Google Voice. Today we explain how you can use Google Voice to even...

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It’s contest time again at TruVoIPBuzz – the best VoIP resource. Both, TruVoIPBuzz and my son, Arnav, celebrate their birthday on August 2 and we are celebrating this special event with a great VoIP giveaway. This is our way of saying “Thank you” for your love and appreciation over this period. What’s the deal? We...

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It seems SMS or text messages are the most used feature on a cell phone. Not surprisingly, the cell phone carriers are trying to milk this cash cow, in spite of the fact that it almost costs nothing to send a text message. Today we review a great mobile application that lets you send unlimited...

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For all of you not able to make cheap international calls due to the payment issues with Betamax clones like ActionVoIP, SmartVoIP, or Jumblo, this is a great deal you would not want to miss. MyWQN is a calling card service provided by WQN Inc., a Texas based VoIP service provider. MyWQN is running a...

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As Google slowly rolls out the Google Voice invites, we are busy figuring out how to make the best use of this great service. We already talked about how you can use Google Voice on your iPhone. Today, we will discus a great way to save your precious cell phone minutes using Google Voice. Please...

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Firstly, thank you very much for your participation in the Google Voice invite contest!! I must say all of you deserved an invite, but unfortunately I have only one invite to give away. So, I used the random number generator to determine the winner. And the winner is.. John Shapiro. Hopefully, this should help him...

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