Google buying Grand Central

While enjoying my morning coffee and skimming the headlines from the weekend, it appears that TechCrunch broke the story yesterday that Grand Central is being bought by Google.

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If you aren't knowing what Grand Central is, allow me to priovide a quick run-down. The entire concept is built around the 1-number ideal. Here are some of the features: (from their website)

Screen Callers
Know who's calling and screen unknown callers

ListenIn
Hear why someone is calling before taking the call

Call Record
Record calls on the fly and access recordings online

Block Callers
Unwanted callers won't be able to reach you anymore

Notifications
Receive voicemail notifications via email or SMS

Ring Different Phones
One number that rings different phones based on who's calling

Greetings
Personalize your voicemail greetings by caller or group

RingShare
Go beyond the ring and choose ringback tones for your callers

WebCall Button
Let people call you from a web page without showing your number

CallSwitch
Switch phones in the middle of a call

Click2Call
Call from your addressbook and save your typing

Mobile Access
Visual voicemail for your mobile phone

So why is Google interested in Grand Central? Well think of the possibilities if you combine the above services with gmail and gtalk?!?!? It looks to me that Google is going to be taking Skype on head-first.

Adam "voiploser" Uzelac