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  1. Aug 27th, 2010, 07:56 AM #1
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    Talking Google Chat will now let you call

    any US phone number for free.

    I wonder what took them so long.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    I wonder what took them so long.
    skype?
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    But do they record and mine all your calls as they do all chats and GMail?

    Who is the big winner here? Telemarketers?
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Google GMail personal data mining: Where is the outrage?
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Apparently they have done something they have never done before - worked out how to get the end users to pay for it.

    From what I read (BBC News?), they are going to cover the costs by charging users for international calls.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by koolsid View Post
    skype?
    Skype requires the person at the other end to have skype for it to be a free call.
    Google chat phone calling doesn't.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by dilettante View Post
    But do they record and mine all your calls as they do all chats and GMail?

    Who is the big winner here? Telemarketers?
    I am sure they do.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Im still curious how they have Google Voice for free. Its a very useful and complex system, yet its free. The must make enough money off of Corporate users and AdSense to be able to support everything.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    I'm curious how they do pretty much everything for free.
    Personally I think advertising is a black hole of funding, but Google doesn't seem to agree.
    Delete it. They just clutter threads anyway.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by TheBigB View Post
    I'm curious how they do pretty much everything for free.
    Personally I think advertising is a black hole of funding, but Google doesn't seem to agree.
    Paid Advertising! People pay big bucks for their advertising from google and that's how google affords to implement free stuff to its users.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by Nightwalker83 View Post
    Paid Advertising! People pay big bucks for their advertising from google and that's how google affords to implement free stuff to its users.
    It doesn't really have to do with people paying big bucks, its the amount of people paying in general. Working with AdSense, the most expensive ads payout no more than $1.50. There are millions of people who post their ads on google that are paying <$0.30 cents per click.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Google make an extremely sicking amount from advertising, and lets not forget deals from android, im sure money isn't an issue.
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    wouldnt doubt if they had their own currency... their own printing factory in fact.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by abhijit View Post
    any US phone number for free.

    I wonder what took them so long.
    You've only just noticed? Gmail has allowed calling from chat for a while.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by Nightwalker83 View Post
    You've only just noticed? Gmail has allowed calling from chat for a while.
    That's voice chat ! PC to PC using GTalk client

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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by Nightwalker83 View Post
    You've only just noticed? Gmail has allowed calling from chat for a while.
    Huh! I didn't know you had it for a while down under. It's relatively new over here.
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    Evil Google-chatbots know where you live.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by Bonker Gudd View Post
    Evil Google-chatbots know where you live.
    Google knows everything about me, now that I own an Android phone.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    Quote Originally Posted by akhileshbc View Post
    That's voice chat ! PC to PC using GTalk client
    Well, they could have changed the colour of the phone icon.
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    I love this new feature. I can't believe it's actually free Time to get rid of Shaw phone!
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    Re: Google Chat will now let you call

    THe rates to Phils seem to be cheaper as well, I might actually try this to call internationally rather than try to remember my skype password. Of course if skype has cheaper rates I'd go for them.
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