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Well it seems as though there is a lot of finger pointing going on between Apple and AT&T as to who was responsible for pulling the google voice apps. People at Apple are blaming AT&T, but AT&T is also denying any direct involvement and are pointing the finger straight at Apple. Either way, it’s about [...]

A while back I reported on how the Skype founders were considering buying Skype back from eBay. They did not do so and eBay currently still owns Skype, and licenses some technology from Skype’s founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Well now Zennstrom and Friis have revoked the licensing agreement and eBay may be forced [...]

According to the Skype twitter feed, three new countries have added SkypeIn number availability. Nothing for Canada though.

Apple has pulled the google voice related apps from the app store. The developers aren’t really being given any reason except that their apps “duplicated features of the iPhone”. This makes little sense as there are plenty of other apps which allow voice calls and texts that are still in the app store. This post [...]

I came across this recently and tried it out with my google voice account. It works great. I especially like this part: Shamelessly copied from gizmovoice.com: Comparing costs for one year of a US telephone number and US Calling: Skype $60 Skype-In $35.40 US calling Total: $95.40 GizmoVoice $0/year US Number $0/year US calling Total: [...]

From the GV Mobile dev blog:

Straight from the horse’s mouth, Sean Kovacs has decided to release GV Mobile for free on Cydia. It should show up today or tomorrow. In case you aren’t already aware, Cydia is the non-apple controlled app store which is accessible only after you jailbreak your iPhone or iPod touch. For those just arriving to the [...]

appleinsider is carrying a story stating that Apple is pulling all google voice related apps from the app store. First to go was Sean Kovac’s GVMobile, an app which has been around for months, which I managed to get a few weeks ago and is quite good. Next up was Voice Central, another google voice [...]

Apparently using an Alberta area code will allow you to activate google voice. If true, this means that google voice should work fully in Alberta. Can any other Albertans confirm? From an anonymous comment poster on one of the other entries on wifitalk.ca as to how to activate google voice: “Pick a US phone number. [...]

Check out the Fring blog post concerning push notifications. It’s a nice little summary of how it works.