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How to Get Started with Google Voice for iPhone

February 06, 2017 by RSS Feed

Google Voice is a free service that lets you make phone calls and send text messages tied from your Google account. It uses Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology just like Skype and hooks you up with your own new phone number. The perk of this is being able to easily share your Google Voice number with strangers or in a workplace environment while keeping your personal number tied to your wireless carrier just for yourself.

The service is also useful for people who switch between devices a lot and want a log of calls and messages synced on all of them. You can access Google Voice on iOS, Android and on the web too, so all of your data is on several platforms.

Being its own app, Google Voice has its own interface for handling calls and messages plus some clever features you can’t get by default on iPhone. Plus, it very recently got a terrific redesign after going stale for several years. Setting up an account is easy, so let’s get into creating one and getting started with the basics.

Sign in with Google and Get Your Phone Number

Download the free Google Voice app to your iPhone or iPad. Launch it and sign in with your Google account. You’ll need one to proceed, so create a Google account ahead of time if you don’t have one. Additionally, if you’re attempting to use a G Suite account, check with your administrator to see if your plan allows for Google services like Voice.

Once you’re signed in, now you have to pick a phone number. Google Voice lets you search by city to determine where you want this phone number to operate out of. You don’t need to pick your own, but you can if you want. Select one of the available numbers from the search results and you’re done.

You can also set up Google Voice to essentially take over your phone, letting you receive calls sent to your Voice number on your personal line. The opposite is also available — you can place calls in app using your regular phone number too. Linking accounts is as easy as following the steps to put in your personal phone number, entering in the verification code sent to you, and that’s it. Skip this entire section entirely if you don’t want these linked account features.

Using Google Voice

Once the setup process is complete, you can get on with using the service for call and messages. In almost any view of the Google Voice app, you can tap the + icon at the bottom right to either make a call or send a message. Tapping “Make a call” lets you either search for a contact or dial the number on the keypad.

Calls are free nationwide in United States and Canada and one cent from everywhere else. Calling has low rates internationally too — as little as one cent per minute. To find rates for the country you’re trying to call, tap the Menu icon at the top left and tap Settings. Then scroll to Payments and tap Call rates. This is also where you can add credit to your account. Google Voice comes with 10 cents to boot.

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Messages are free and unlimited. Google Voice is not a social network, therefore your contacts don’t need to use Google Voice to get your messages. Your messages appear exactly as SMS text messages would.

The last feature is Voicemail, which lets you access your messages from anywhere and even includes pretty solid transcriptions of the recorded messages. It works the same way as any other voicemail, except again it’s multi-platform — you can listen to your messages from iOS or Android and even online at the Google Voice website.

Customize Google Voice Options

Tap the Menu icon at the top left, then Settings to access all of Google Voice’s customization options. At the top you’ll find the area where you can get your phone number and link it to your phone as discussed earlier. Underneath, you have additional options for call and message forwarding. If you link your primary phone number and enable these settings, all calls and messages sent to your Google Voice number will arrive on your regular number too.

Voicemail has several additional features worth exploring in Settings too. You can enable getting all your voicemails sent as text messages, emails, or both. The last option — enabling Google to analyze voicemail transcripts — is just for the sake of improvement.

Lastly, you can turn on an automatic spam filter as well as enable Do Not Disturb, which behaves much like the feature on iOS. When you don’t feel like socializing, flick this switch to send all your calls directly to voicemail.

Google Voice overall is a versatile VoIP service with terrific multi-platform support and of course your very own, free phone number. Enjoy.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 02/06/2017

February 06, 2017 by RSS Feed

Fish Balls , Tiggly Submarine: Preschool ABC Game , Fonta and more

iPhone:

Fonta ( $0.99 → Free ) ThirtyFive Inc. Fonta has a ridiculous amount of text options, allowing you to stand out from the crowd. Before you get to that point, however, you can edit your original photo by cropping, rotating, framing, filtering, and blurring it. Then come up with a message you want to drive home, and place it wherever you like on your photo. You’re able to select from a wide variety of fonts, colors, opacity levels, and even layer your text. There are also loads of frame and artwork options to choose from. Fonta allows you to share your creations via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Fontpress: Write Beautiful PhotoText Over Your Pictures with Image Filters and Fonts ( $1.99 → Free ) Qrayon, LLC Fontpress has an impressive collection of fonts. You’re able to choose from over 70 different fonts to craft your personal messages. The text can be positioned anywhere on your photo, and you’re able to resize it, color it, and add a shadow. As if that’s not enough, you’re also able to add one of 15 filters to your photo with a single tap.

Universal:

Fish Balls ( $0.99 → Free ) Jack-Jack Studios, LLC A little golf fish swims back and forth across the bottom of the screen. Tap and hold at just the right moment to aim, and release to fire a ball into the playing field above. The ball will bounce off of walls and eventually come to rest. When it does, it will expand until it hits a wall. Then launch another ball at the ball in the playing field to pop it. Keep doing so until you either run out of room or have a ball run into the sea grass below.

Tiggly Submarine: Preschool ABC Game ( $2.99 → Free ) Tiggly Your child is able to explore the sea by tapping and dragging Tiggly and his submarine around. When they come across a character, they can latch on to an anchor point and start creating short words. There’s no wrong way to play. Just explore and create.

Division Flashcard Match Games for Kids in 2nd, 3rd and 4th Grade Learning Flash Cards Free ( $2.99 → Free ) Eggroll Games LLC Today only: Unlock all content free of charge! Simply tap the “Unlock” button on the main screen, and enter the provided passcode to confirm your action. Division Flashcard Match Games is loaded with positive reinforcement. It will help your child learn to divide by having them play a variety of memory matching games. You’re able to choose the best number range for your child’s skill level, but no matter which you choose your child will be able to hear the numbers and equations as they are touched. After each round, they’ll receive positive feedback and balloon popping rewards. Hints are available along the way, and “Show Me” and “Peek” features make it even easier for young learners to enjoy.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 02/05/2017

February 05, 2017 by RSS Feed

Galaxy Groove , Draw in 3d , Tiggly Doctor: Spell Verbs and Perform Actions Like a Real Doctor and more

iPad:

Draw in 3d ( $1.99 → Free ) Steffan Poulsen Even if you lack artistic talent, you’ll be creating awesome 3-D art in no time thanks to the app’s intuitive controls. Draw in 3D starts off with a brief tutorial in order to make sure you understand how to set depth anchors and view different planes. Then put your finger to the screen and start creating. The app allows you to freely rotate and move the camera using two and three finger gestures. Once you have something you’re proud of, you’re able to share a static image or a link to your creation in full 3-D. The app even supports 3-D printing in case you have access to that sort of thing.

Universal:

Galaxy Groove ( $1.99 → Free ) fractiv, LLC These little robots love to move to the beat. Tap to jump, swim, and bounce your way through 10 unique planets in order to restore the beautiful environments. One mistake, however, and it’s all over. Collect stars to unlock more planets and robots.

Tiggly Doctor: Spell Verbs and Perform Actions Like a Real Doctor ( $2.99 → Free ) Tiggly Your child gets to be a doctor for the day. The waiting room is full of patients with unique ailments who require your child’s attention. They’ll get to perform a series of operations like putting bones back in place, pulling dancing worms out of wounds, and much more all while building more than 200 verbs.

Lane Splitter ( $0.99 → Free ) fractiv, LLC Lane Splitter will put your reflexes to the test. You’re able to control your motorcycle with ultra smooth tilt controls. Tap and hold on the screen to perform a wheelie, and test your luck by weaving through traffic to earn bonus points. Above all else, avoid crashing into anything including the guard rail and the police in order to survive. The game includes 10 unlockable characters, all kinds of power-ups, and global leaderboards.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 02/04/2017

February 04, 2017 by RSS Feed

EXIF Viewer by Fluntro - View, Remove GPS Metadata , ACDSee Pro , Zero+ and more

Universal:

EXIF Viewer by Fluntro - View, Remove GPS Metadata ( $2.99 → Free ) Fluntro Want to know everything about your photos? Just launch EXIF Viewer and provide it with access to your photo library. EXIF Viewer will then grab each photo’s EXIF metadata and display the most important information right below. You can swipe across a photo to view even more detailed information. Tap on a photo to bring up the ability to remove the EXIF data. The app also includes a wide variety of other handy features including a photos extension, three viewing modes, a Messages app, and the ability to copy EXIF metadata to the clipboard.

ACDSee Pro ( $6.99 → Free ) ACD Systems International Inc. ACDSee is a full photography suite. It features a camera with specialized shooting modes, real-time effects, multiple flash modes, separate exposure and focus points, a horizon level, and manual controls for exposure, focus, and white balance. After snapping or importing a photo you’re able to adjust it in a wide variety of ways, apply effects, bring your subject into focus, and apply a vignette. ACDSee also includes a vast collection of stickers and collage layouts.

Zero+ ( $0.99 → Free ) SaturnBoy, LLC The basic gameplay mechanics in Zero are simple enough. You must slide positive and negative numbered tiles around the board in order to achieve zero. The first few levels consist of just ones and twos, but things get crazy pretty quickly when large numbers and new kinds of modifier tiles enter the mix. Also, keep in mind that tiles won’t stop sliding unless they run into something. The game includes a total of 120 levels.

Pixagram ( $1.99 → Free ) pierre gougelet Pixagram has everything you need to make your photos stand out. You’re able to apply 25 effects, 15 textures and light leaks, 20 vignettes, more than 30 frames, and text with more than 30 fonts. If that isn’t enough, you’re also able to adjust parameters like exposure, saturation, temperature, and vibrance. Don’t know what you want? No problem. The app offers the ability to randomly apply effects, textures, and vignettes.

Orderly - To-do Lists, Location Based Reminders ( $0.99 → Free ) Tekton Technologies (P) Ltd. Orderly is all about prioritizing tasks to ensure you complete the most important ones on time. When creating a task list you’re able to title the group and add as many items as necessary. The menu bar icons at the top allow you to quickly change the background color, text, and font to make the list stand out. A priority level, reminder, and proximity reminder can be attached as well. All of your task lists will appear as little notes on the app’s home screen presented in order of importance.

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Codex, Findr, Hutch and other apps to check out this weekend

February 04, 2017 by RSS Feed

This week’s edition of our Apps of the Week roundup includes some great selections such as a beautiful scanning app, an app for finding out what kind of personal info about you is on the web, and an app that helps you redecorate. And as always, we have some great new games for you to check out.

Codex

Codex is a simple, beautiful scanning app that allows you to hashtag, backup and share your scans and photos. It features an easy-to-use scanner that lets you live-crop with a single finger, edge detection tech, support for a variety of media, PDF export via email and much more. There’s a monthly subscription fee of $0.99 (or $9.99 annually), but you do get a 30-day free trial. This looks like a solid Evernote alternative depending on which features you need. Codex is available for free.

Findr

This is kind of interesting. Have you ever wondered if your personal information online is easily accessible by others? Findr can help you figure it out. The app scans the web, finds all of your personal information and shows you the results. Just type in your email address and let it go to work. Results were kind of hit-and-miss for me, but it’s still a fun little experiment to try out. Findr is available for free.

Hutch

Hutch transforms your space from before to after, faster than ever. Just open the app and take a photo of your room, pick one of their custom styles, and get a design back of your actual space. This gives you the opportunity to try something new without all of the heavy lifting and grueling task of furniture shopping. Ultimately Hutch is a shopping client, and I can’t really speak on the prices or furniture. but the app itself is pretty interesting. Hutch is available for free.

Arcane Quest HD

Were you a fan of the original Arcane Quest that released back in 2012? You’re going to want to check out this new HD version. It features 8 legendary heroes classes to choose from, over 50 quests, tons of equipment and spells options and a quest editor that lets you create and publish your own adventures. Plus, there is no unlockable IAP content. Arcane Quest HD is available for free.

GlitchSkier

Glitchskier is the new action game by Shelly Alon, the developer who brought you Partyrs and Sputnik Eyes. It features intense action, boss fights, new game systems, handcrafted effects, extraordinary music and unique looks. The game UI is chock-full of nostalgia, from its resemblance to the Windows 3.1 GUI to the computer errors. It’s not going to be for everyone, but if it interests you even a little bit, the early reviews say it’s more than worth trying. GlitchSkier is available for $1.99.

More apps to check out

• Apple’s free app of the week: Roofbot: Puzzler On The Roof
• Nintedo’s Fire Emblem Heroes is releasing on iOS and Android today across 30 countries
• How to watch the 2017 Super Bowl on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and other devices
• The Iconfactory releases minimal drawing app Linea with full Apple Pencil support

Apps updated this week

• As Facebook turns 13 tomorrow, Discover People starts rolling out in mobile app
• Snapseed now gives you precise control over brightness levels and colors
• Outlook for iOS picks up third-party integrations with Evernote, Trello, Giphy & more
• YouTube app adds Chromecast playback controls to Lock screen, Control Center & Apple Watch
• Google launches Chrome 56 for iOS with QR code scanning and overhauled tab switcher on iPad
• Fantastical gains iOS 10 rich notifications, iMessage stickers, iPhone 7 haptics & more
• Viber rolls out auto-vanishing messages, instant video messages, rich notifications & more

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