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Google Voice launched a trial in August, giving free calls in the US via Gmail Chat. The original trial period was meant to last until the end of 2010, but now Google has announced that free calls in Gmail Chat will be extended for an extra 12 months.

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Google is trialling a new Gmail feature for placing free phone calls within Gmail, as part of the Google Chat interface, confirming rumours that started circulating back in June. Could this be such a tidy VoIP solution that it poses a real threat to competitors like Skype?

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Sony axes Go!Messenger from PSP

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Sorry Go!Messenger fans; the seven of you just aren’t enough to keep BT’s PSP messaging service going, so on March 31st it’s going to be shut down. Sony told the PlayStation forums that “Although Go!Messenger brought innovative communications features to the PSP community, the service has not developed the base of users that we were hoping for.”

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Never ones to keep new features to themselves, Google have updated their Google Talk instant messenger service with the ability to send SMS messages.

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Google adds video chat to Gmail

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Face fans no longer have to type their messages to friends through Gmail and GoogleTalk, they can chinwag through video and voice, as Google adds webcam support to its all-powerful email service.

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Wii SpeakNintendo’s recent conference wasn’t all about the DSi y’know. After all, a Nintendo conference wouldn’t be complete without peripheral news. Voice gizmo Wii Speak along with its own channel will finally be out next month.

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Nokia’s Jeppe robotThought Nokia dealt solely in mobile phones? Think again. This delightful little creature is currently scuttling around its development labs as part of an experiment around video chat.

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iPhone 3GiPhone developers just got their hands on brand new iPhone software from Apple, packing the first version of the company’s ‘notification service’. What does it mean? Apps can now get updates from the web, even when they’re not running.

In short, it means chat apps are about to take over the iPhone.

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