Google Voice

On the New York Times website from March 12, there is a 3-minute video on Technology called Google Voice.  They demonstrated this new technology - what is it?  It's ONE voicemail that takes all of your voicemail messages from home, cell phone, and work phone into one.  One advantage to a software program like this is that you do not need to miss any voicemail messages if someone leaves you a message at home when you are at work all day.  Or, if you are out of town traveling and need to get a message to your cell phone but the person leaves a message for you at home.  So, some benefits are with this program.  However, there are some disadvantages that come with anything new.  

One downfall is that you will receive a new number for this feature, which is FREE, so you will need to update friends and family of switching numbers.