Tag: GIZMO5

Over at TechCrunch, Mike Arrington is hoping Google changes its mind about releasing the Google Voice desktop app they've been dogfooding for some time. The program likely began taking shape after Google acquired VOIP software company Gizmo5 last year. Things looked even better following Google's acquisition of Global IP Solutions -- a company which specializes in media-over-IP technology. ...

A few days ago there was a nasty rumor going around that Google had just purchased Skype competitor Gizmo5. Funny thing about rumors is that sometimes they're true. Like, for instance, this one. Gizmo5 offers a variety of tools that let users make cheap calls from a PC to a phone, or free calls from computer to computer. Google says that Gizmo5's engineers will be joining the Google Voice ...

TechCrunch is reporting that Google has purchased VoIP company Gizmo5. Google has its own internet telephony service called Google Voice, which lets you route your calls to different phones, screen calls, and receive email notifications and automated transcripts of phone calls. But Google Voice doesn't let you make calls from a PC to a phone. Gizmo5 does. If Google really has entered an ...

If you thought that Skype was a disruptive technology because it allows users to make free or cheap voice and video calls around the world, then you ain't seen nothing yet. Because Gizmo5 just launched OpenSky, a service which lets you connect with Skype from virtually any web browser, computer, or mobile phone,. Here's how it works. Basically OpenSky creates an alias for every Skype user. So if ...

The holiday shopping season is upon us, and if you're trying to think up a few good gift ideas for your geeky or not so geeky friends and family, we're here to help. Over the next few days we'll be bringing you a number of suggestions for Download Squad style gifts. To kick things off, I wanted to talk about a gift idea for the computer user who doesn't really need any new software: ...