Comments on: Google offers SF homeless free voicemail: “Don’t be evil” or smart gimmick? http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: edhardy622 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-895748 edhardy622 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:15:44 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-895748 British law student sues Abercrombie-Fitch for disability discrimination.<br><a href="http://www.abercrombiefitchstore.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.abercrombiefitchstore.co.uk</a> British law student sues Abercrombie-Fitch for disability discrimination.
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]]> By: Laura http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-807351 Laura Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:30:22 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-807351 What company is the free voicemail system in San Francisco going through? What company is the free voicemail system in San Francisco going through?

]]> By: Laura http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-807350 Laura Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:30:05 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-807350 What company is the free voicemail system in San Francisco going through?: What company is the free voicemail system in San Francisco going through?:

]]> By: Grand Central Down? http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-803429 Grand Central Down? Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:52:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-803429 [...] Apparently, Grand Central (my new “go to” place for freakishly great phone service) was down for a while this past Sunday, April 13th, 2008.  According to news reports the site lost power Power issue knocks GrandCentral offline — The online phone company which Google bought last year was down for most of this morning, TechCrunch reports. While the company blames a power outage on the service going down, it speaks to a larger issue as more everyday services move online — what happens if one of these services goes down? With traditional phone services, if there was a bad storm, you might lose service and understand why. With a server power issue happening in the middle of nowhere, the service can go down and you don’t even know it — you just don’t get your calls. Find our recent coverage on Grand Central here and here. [...] [...] Apparently, Grand Central (my new “go to” place for freakishly great phone service) was down for a while this past Sunday, April 13th, 2008.  According to news reports the site lost power Power issue knocks GrandCentral offline — The online phone company which Google bought last year was down for most of this morning, TechCrunch reports. While the company blames a power outage on the service going down, it speaks to a larger issue as more everyday services move online — what happens if one of these services goes down? With traditional phone services, if there was a bad storm, you might lose service and understand why. With a server power issue happening in the middle of nowhere, the service can go down and you don’t even know it — you just don’t get your calls. Find our recent coverage on Grand Central here and here. [...]

]]> By: » Daft PR from Google and GrandCentral Kevin Restivo’s Tech Blog: Thoughts on the Wireless and Consumer Markets http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-797499 » Daft PR from Google and GrandCentral Kevin Restivo’s Tech Blog: Thoughts on the Wireless and Consumer Markets Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:50:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-797499 [...] The late night talk show host should create a segment specifically for companies such as Google/GrandCentral, the search and unified communications vendor that decided to score some cheap PR points last week by announcing it will give away life-long phone numbers to the poor of San.... [...] [...] The late night talk show host should create a segment specifically for companies such as Google/GrandCentral, the search and unified communications vendor that decided to score some cheap PR points last week by announcing it will give away life-long phone numbers to the poor of San…. [...]

]]> By: Homeless voicemail: Only in the Valley - - mathewingram.com/work http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-797043 Homeless voicemail: Only in the Valley - - mathewingram.com/work Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:25:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-797043 [...] and whatnot lying around for them to wear as well, so they’ve got that covered. What they really need is voicemail. And maybe an assistant to answer the voicemail, but I can tell that Google is starting small. [...] [...] and whatnot lying around for them to wear as well, so they’ve got that covered. What they really need is voicemail. And maybe an assistant to answer the voicemail, but I can tell that Google is starting small. [...]

]]> By: MG Siegler http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-797023 MG Siegler Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:14:47 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-797023 Thanks Aaron, good eye, I'll fix that. Thanks Aaron, good eye, I’ll fix that.

]]> By: Aaron http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-797018 Aaron Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:40:30 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-797018 Google's motto is "Don't be evil," not "Do no evil." Google’s motto is “Don’t be evil,” not “Do no evil.”

]]> By: MG Siegler http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796988 MG Siegler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:25:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796988 @matt - thanks, good background I'll put that in there as well. @matt – thanks, good background I’ll put that in there as well.

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796983 Matt Cutts Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:49:33 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796983 You might also want to add some context/background links. http://www.cvm.org/ is an interesting site, for example, about community voice mail and how it can help people. You might also want to add some context/background links. http://www.cvm.org/ is an interesting site, for example, about community voice mail and how it can help people.

]]> By: MG Siegler http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796980 MG Siegler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:32:02 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796980 @sean and allen - thanks guys, i'll update with that. @sean and allen – thanks guys, i’ll update with that.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796978 Allen Stern Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:28:33 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796978 you do realize that grandcentral has done this since day 1 right? you do realize that grandcentral has done this since day 1 right?

]]> By: Sean http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796977 Sean Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:23:30 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796977 GrandCentral offered the same promotion when it launched, so I find this to be a little funny. It worked on the PR front the first time around, so Google decided to give it another try. What happened to the homeless that got voicemail for life from GrandCentral the first time around? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/12/BUGMVI7JKD1.DTL&type=business GrandCentral offered the same promotion when it launched, so I find this to be a little funny. It worked on the PR front the first time around, so Google decided to give it another try.

What happened to the homeless that got voicemail for life from GrandCentral the first time around?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/12/BUGMVI7JKD1.DTL&type=business

]]> By: Google offers free GrandCentral voicemail to SF homeless : The Last Podcast http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796973 Google offers free GrandCentral voicemail to SF homeless : The Last Podcast Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:53:17 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796973 [...] bloggers who wanted one (and really to anyone who cared to sign up). Today, in what is surely also a good marketing move, Google started offering GrandCentral phone-numbers to San Francisco’s shamefully large [...] [...] bloggers who wanted one (and really to anyone who cared to sign up). Today, in what is surely also a good marketing move, Google started offering GrandCentral phone-numbers to San Francisco’s shamefully large [...]

]]> By: MG Siegler http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/comment-page-1/#comment-796972 MG Siegler Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:38:18 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/28/google-offers-sf-homeless-free-voicemail-do-no-evil-or-gimmick/#comment-796972 Very true Dave, just thought I'd point that out for those not versed in such observations. Very true Dave, just thought I’d point that out for those not versed in such observations.

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