Is Google Voice going to be the next Skype?

Is Google Voice going to be the next Skype?

by Jay Hathaway (RSS feed) Dec 30th 2009 at 7:03PM

Google Voice is great for voicemail and text transcription, call forwarding, and a bunch of other useful phone-related services, but it's not a full VoIP solution like Skype. That could change in 2010, though, especially since Google acquired Gizmo5, a company that develops technology for web-to-web and web-to-phone calls. Owning Gizmo5 doesn't necessarily mean Google's going to compete with Skype, but some recent quotes from a VP at Google suggest things may be headed in that direction.

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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/12/30/is-google-voice-going-to-be-the-next-skype/

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