Brace yourself Google Voice fanboys, your treasured service is probably not long for this world. But don't you worry; the sooner it's dead the better we'll all be.

The boards have sent their approval, the money has exchanged hands and the regulatory hurdles have been overcome. Now it's time for Skype to officially become part of Microsoft.

Now that the iPad app is out of the way, Skype's next priority is Windows Phone. And the software company is not wasting any time.

WiFi-calling is now free for T-Mobile customers with an Android handset. All you need is the Smart Wi-Fi application and an Even More or Even More Plus calling plan. According to a T-Mobile representative, Magenta customers should be able to call customer service to add this sweet new feature to their accounts…

Look, we all know the phone is scary. But sometimes you can't avoid it. Herewith, a few tips for making calls without sounding like a weirdo.… [Jezebel]

The one last barrier for you using Google Voice full time—number porting—just got knocked down. But should you use Google Voice? Almost certainly yes.

In MyFord-equipped cars, a "Do Not Disturb" button lets you block incoming calls and texts while driving. And since so many states are banning texting and calling while driving these days, it'll save you from the inevitable fines.

Oh man, oh man, oh man! You can download Fring for Android right now and make two-way video calls—ones demonstrated in all the promises of the future— RIGHT NOW. For Android.

Yesterday Google updated their Google Voice extension for Chrome, allowing Voice-heads to call numbers directly from their browsers. If you love Google or hate retyping phone numbers, this one's for you.

Google's bought Gizmo5, a VOIP company. They've got Google Voice, but no way to use Google voice for calls to and from your computer—only redirecting calls to existing physical and mobiles. Not anymore.

Skype might have been sloughed off of eBay into its own entity, but lawsuits, regarding its core Skype to Skype technology, might put them in trouble unless it has a backup plan of new VoIP tech.

While other carriers, including AT&T, have MyFaves-style uncapped calling to pre-selected phones on any network, Sprint only had unlimited Sprint-to-Sprint calls—until now. Any Mobile is for "Everything Data" plans $69 and up, but there may be roaming implications…

We hear Sprint Any Mobile is a new calling feature with unlimited calls to all mobile numbers, true to the name. Which, we suspect, is the big "game changing" announcement Sprint's teasing for tomorrow's Sprint Connection Newsletter. [Sprint, Thanks tipsters!]

We're not having any problems, but Ars has found many people complaining about the iPhone 2.0.2 update killing their ability to actually make calls over 3G. Among the people who suffer from no-calling-itis is one guy who took his phone to AT&T and had them swap out the SIM, which somehow fixed the problem. If you're…

Like a gaggle of schoolgirls, Congress traded stories about how they too were annoyed by people using their phones before and after takeoff on flights. Well, I never! One House member relayed the story of how his delicate sensibilities were stomped all over by some woman who talked about her sex life on the phone,…