30 August 2010
Google has continued its push to turn Gmail into the ultimate one-stop-web-shop by adding Google Voice calling as a browser-driven service.
Needing some positive news following its announcement to ditch collaboration experiment Google Wave, the folk at Google announced that Google Voice is now available on browsers.
As a marketing ploy, Google allowed free Google Voice calls to the US and Canada to several countries, including Australia.
The response: in one day, 1million calls were made! Skype now has a real competitor.
The free calls to US/Canada deal will continue for the remainder of 2010, after which the only free calls will be available for those with Gmail accounts at either end of the phone.
See CNET video below...