Google Voice Coming

Some great news reaches us today from good ol' Google. It seems they're ramping up to release Google Voice to people who have requested to use the service (including yours truly). I tried to sign up for GrandCentral, but Google shut that down to start working on Google Voice a few days before I tried. I've been patiently waiting ever since to get my hands on this service that allows you to have one number that rings to all of your phones, plus a single voicemail to check. I imagine there will be all kinds of other Google-y features (I'd love to have my tea house fox theme in Voice too!) to explore once the service opens up.

According to the official Google blog (linked above), they will soon start sending invites to the folks who have requested them. If you're interested, sign up for an invite over here.

Happy Birthday Google

So, yesterday was the 10th birthday of Google, the company that has indisputably had the biggest impact on the way we use the Internet. What started out as a simple search engine (an by simple, I mean the one that everybody flocked to because it was head and shoulders above the competition) to a search engine plus a slew of nifty online applications, desktop applications, and now a web browser (which is awesome, I might add). Plus, they are heavily involved with the movement to open source cell phones where anybody can make applications for cell phones and we, as consumers, are not stuck using the provider's default (and oftentimes idiotic) applications. Perhaps best of all is the fact that almost all of their services are completely free. I'm down with that.