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Google Voice for Students
Turns out, there are benefits to being in college other than sleeping late and drinking lots of beer. According to Ubergizmo, Google sent out its first round of Google Voice invites today, but unless you have a college e-mail address, you won't find one in your inbox. For now, only users living in the U.S. with e-mail addresses that end in .edu can apply for and receive an invite to Google Voice (in permanent beta). If you don't fall under those categories, you're out of luck.

Unfortunately, we're not eligible to try the VoIP service, since our old college e-mail accounts are no longer active. However, with college kids, Google believes it has found the perfect group to test its new service. After all, youngsters these days are notorious for racking up serious minutes and sending loads of text messages. Plus, with Google Voice, students can read voicemail transcripts on their cell phones, making it even harder for professors to hold their attention during class. [From: Ubergizmo and Google Voice blog]

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