Comments on: Deal is Confirmed: Google Acquired GrandCentral

By: GrandCentral Homeless Stunt Worked So Well It’s Time For An Encore

GrandCentral Homeless Stunt Worked So Well It’s Time For An Encore — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:39:33 +0000

[…] hoping those users will tell all of their friends all about it. But not GrandCentral, the company Google acquired for $50 million in July 2007. Two years ago they offered to give homeless people free access to their (already […]

By: Track Blog Reactions To Your Brands With Scout Labs

Track Blog Reactions To Your Brands With Scout Labs — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:00:45 +0000

[…] the Minor Ventures incubator, which also launched Grand Central (acquired by Google for a rumored $50 million), 8020 Publishing, Swivel, Open DNS and others. Minor Ventures was founded by CNET cofounder Halsey […]

By: 1 poko.com — Google compra otra compañia... Esta vez de servicios de voz

1 poko.com — Google compra otra compañia... Esta vez de servicios de voz — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:55:28 +0000

[…] de compra de GrandCentral por parte de Google no ha sido detallado. Así, la cantidad pagada (hay quien habla de 50 millones de dólares) , así como las condiciones de la adquisisción, han sido declarados ‘confidenciales’, […]

By: GrandCentral’s “One Number For Life” Not Really : Knurów

GrandCentral’s “One Number For Life” Not Really : Knurów — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:56:05 +0000

[…] promise. The company is turning off customer phone numbers and giving them new ones following their acquisition by Google last […]

By: a.gennari » Blog Archive » Google telecom?

a.gennari » Blog Archive » Google telecom? — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:53:58 +0000

[…] ha acquisito GranCentral. L’operazione, secondo indiscrezioni, si aggirerebbe intorno ai 50 milioni di […]

By: Shaun

Shaun — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:48:08 +0000

I’ve got 10 invites….first come first serve I guess.

shaun.kerr@gmail.com

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:55:05 +0000

If anyone has an invite to share, I’d love to check out GrandCentral’s service.

Please send it to pcmcd at hotmail

Thanks

By: Google/Grandcentral buyout could stimulate OpenID at Uno de Waal

Google/Grandcentral buyout could stimulate OpenID at Uno de Waal — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:41:31 +0000

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By: JiveGuru » Blog Archive » Back to Blogging

JiveGuru » Blog Archive » Back to Blogging — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:41:24 +0000

[…] companies coming up and some interesting deals have gone down lately. Particularly interesting is Google’s acquisition of Grand Central. It will be interesting to see where they can take it. One phone number for the rest of your […]

By: Anthon-Pieter77

Anthon-Pieter77 — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:12:20 +0000

Seems to me Google wants to expand their collaboration apps (Docs Spreadsheets, Presentations) with a voice service so collaboration on docs can be even easier, and they needed specialized knowledge on multiple lines voice service to enhance Google Talk. See my post on http://www.77lab.com/google_vo.....0307.html.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:52:14 +0000

This acquisition is just part of their masterplan - see link

http://frostfirebuzz.com/googl.....ything-yet

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:46:05 +0000

Great idea of Grand Central and a smart buy of Google!

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:17:52 +0000

Grand Central is a pretty awesome idea, I’m on the list right now myself.

Does anyone know if there is anything like this for physical address? Like a virtual PO box. For instance, I love in/around Boston but I’ve moved a good 8 times in 10 years. Rather than changing my business address everytime, I continue to use my parents address.

What would be awesome is if I could have Boston-based PO box (or address) that would actually just send to wherever I happen to live at the time.

Anyone know of something that exists that does this? And don’t say the Post Office because that’s not really what I’m looking for.

By: Google and Grand Central - A landgrab for the SMB space? « Great Falls Ventures

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:36:16 +0000

[…] A landgrab for the SMB space? It was nice to see the acquisition of Grand Central by Google announced yesterday. I have liked the Grand Central service a lot since its beta launch months ago, but […]

By: John McKinley

John McKinley — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:11:22 +0000

Thanks for being first out of the gate with this. It is great to see the work of Grand Central married to the marketing magic of being a Google portfolio company. Having seen what that did to Picassa (now 70+MM downloads), I think it bodes well for Grand Central to position itslef as the primary telephony ID for small businesses. Combined with Google Apps, Google Base, etc., I think Google has all the making of a disrupter in the small to medium business market. More thoughts at my blog: http://www.greatfallsventures.com

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:06:44 +0000

does anyone know how the $50 was arrived at? How many subscribers does Grandcentral have? Do they have revenue?

By: Yezidi

Yezidi — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:45:35 +0000

Already the service is showing signs of distress. People were calling my GC number this morning and getting nothing, not even a ring. This is going to be a rough transition I believe. I have decided to stop using the service for a few months until everything is worked out.

By: GrandCentral

GrandCentral — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:00:46 +0000

[…] могат да се прехвърлят позвънявания. Възможно е след закупуването на GrandCentral от Google, технологията да стане част от телефонна услуга на […]

By: Add GrandCentral to Google's Roster — Keenpath

Add GrandCentral to Google's Roster — Keenpath — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:44:44 +0000

[…] their blog. This doesn’t come to a suprise by some, especially those at TechCrunch, as they wrote about […]

By: Google has acquired GrandCentral - Affiliate Marketing Forum

Google has acquired GrandCentral - Affiliate Marketing Forum — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:18:04 +0000

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Few Good Links for July 3,2007 by MeloVillareal.com — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:40:44 +0000

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By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:23:13 +0000

SWEET! This is great news. I expect (and hope) that Google will make the service will all perks advertising supported…And hopefully ramp up development.

By: randyedmonds

randyedmonds — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:32:53 +0000

I am very dissapointed that they no longer allow custom uploaded RingShare tones. It was a great feature for my business. I replaced the standard ring-ring that the caller hears with a nice recording saying “Welcome to the reservation line. Please wait while we connect you to a representative….”

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:02:00 +0000

Any thoughts on why GrandCentral will no longer allow custom RingShare tones, but RingCentral offers much the same service without issue? This was just announced by GrandCentral via email and is on the FAQ for the acquisition.

By: Loic

Loic — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:38:47 +0000

@carmen, if only it was that simple.
As far as I know asterisk does not manage call control via a SS7 stack. GrandCentral is a little bit more than a PBX with a web interface. But I agree the idea is simple, and I wonder why telecom operators didn’t provide such service before (well, I know :). We might see more companies providing such service… and later the telecom operators will provide their own and try to kill all the GrandCentral-likes by taking advantage of their network (the only advantage they will still have).
GrandCentral provides a visual voicemail (you see on the screen of your cellphone the list of voicemails, and you can listen to them in the order you want). AT&T introduced this moth the feature for the iPhone only. GrandCentral can do it for months, for all cellphone with web access, for all telecom operators. Hopefully, having Google on the playground will stimulate the telecom market by providing more services for low cost. Phone calls didn’t really changed for the past 40 years.
They definitely need a 2.0 boost !