In 2010, Google Voice was launched, giving users a free virtual number that could send and receive texts and phone calls, plus help people with multiple phones simplify their lives. If you’re a Google ...

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Google confirmed today, after some murmurs over the past week, that you can finally port your beloved phone number to Google Voice. This is a big deal. Google Voice, a free service that routes calls ...

I got tired of Verizon for a variety of reasons and bought a Galaxy Nexus from the Google Play store and am on T-Mobile's $30 per month 100 minutes/unlimited data and texts plan. I think I'm probably ...

The Google Voice service gives you a free phone number to use for phone calls, text messages, and voicemail on your mobile phone and your computer. Lance is an experienced writer who tries to unravel ...

How would you ever upgrade? I guess you could always get a new number from your carrier and start a new line of service. I could easily see problems pulling up accounts though from people not ...

Word on the street this morning was that Google had quietly made number porting available to all its Google Voice users, but the search giant confirmed Thursday that it is only conducting a test of ...

Finally going Verizon, trying to decide if I want to also port my cell phone number to Google Voice at the same time. I like the client for Android, and I like the gmail integration, but I wonder ...