Google is working with homeless shelters in San Francisco to let them offer free phone numbers and voicemail boxes to their clients for life. The aim is to let shelters provide these facilities ...

While text messages are very useful most of the time, sometimes you don’t have the time to write a message, and it is much more convenient to call someone. However, if they can’t be reached or if they ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can’t or just don’t want to talk. In its latest bid to become a bigger player in telecommunications, the Internet search ...

Google said today it is giving a free lifetime phone number and voice mail to every single homeless person in San Francisco who wants one. The effort, which part of Project Homeless Connect, will ...

We’re midway through the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon (which, by the way, you should be watching live here), and the range of stuff that the hackers have managed to throw together in a mere 24 hours ...

Until yesterday, signing up for a Google Voice account required you to pick a new phone number — not a pleasant option for those who have kept the same digits for ...

All AT&T cellphones come with free basic voice mail, a service that records messages for you when you're not available to answer calls. The voice mail feature turns on when you first activate your ...

Mobile users who would like to switch their voice mail to Google voice can now do so, without losing their existing mobile number. Previously, “Going Google” required using a Google-supplied telephone ...