You can now call telephones directly from GMail. All you need is a microphone.
Calls to the United States and Canada will be free “at least for the rest of the year” but international calls will incur a fee. Regardless, this is rather cool on Google’s part. Sadly, I think it’s just a precursor to something sinister considering the recent partnership between the “do no evil” search giant and Verizon.





I will definitely have to try this out.