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• Sprint adds to LTE smartphone lineup with Galaxy Nexus

  Sprint today announced that its second high-profile LTE device, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, will be available starting April 22.

• Report: Apple gives Google Voice app the nod of approval

  It looks like we'll finally be seeing an official Google Voice App for the iPhone in the App Store. TechCrunch reports that not only should we expect to see the official app in the App Store soon, but that it's already been approved by the higher-ups at Apple.

• Google expands Voice Search with new actions

  Google on Thursday introduced a tool for easily sending links from its Chrome browser on a PC to an Android phone, and added 12 more voice-activated actions to the Voice Search tool in Android 2.2.

• DOJ, FTC decline comment on Apple antitrust report

  The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) both declined comment today on a report that the agencies may investigate Apple over antitrust charges linked to its ban of rival development tools for iPhone and iPad software.

• Google throws its weight behind voice

  Google is taking advantage of its cloud infrastructure and the huge volume of typed search queries to refine its Voice Search function, part of a massive research effort in voice that spans both mobile devices and the Web.

• Google Voice finally gets to the iPhone with browser app

  Google has found a way to let iPhone owners use Google Voice, the telephony management service whose iPhone-specific application Apple rejected last year.

• Google relaxes single phone number requirement for Voice

  To take advantage of Google Voice's telephony management features, users have had to fulfill a tricky requirement: convince their contacts to call them using the single "phone number for life" that comes with this free online service.

• AT&T vs. Google: More than nuns or phone sex

  AT&T raised the stakes last week in its recent dust-up with Google over an online voice service, accusing its rival of blocking phone calls to nuns.

• Google tweaks Voice to keep voice mail out of search results

  After transcripts of some voice mail messages from Google Voice users appeared in search results, Google has modified the telephony management service to prevent this from happening, the company said Monday.

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  US FCC to launch inquiry into Google Voice

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will launch an inquiry into Google Voice, the Web-based voice service, after complaints that the tech giant is blocking some calls.

• One by one, US carriers succumb to Google Voice

  Ever since its launch this summer, Google Voice has presented carriers with some potentially thorny issues.

• Google says Apple did reject Voice app

  Google told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that Apple did indeed reject the Google Voice application from the iPhone store, despite contrary statements from Apple.

• Apple decision on Google Voice was made by senior execs

  Apple's decision to reject the Google Voice app for the iPhone was spelled out to Google by one of Apple's top executives: Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide product marketing.

• Spotify iPhone app approved: Apple relaxing rules?

  Monday appears to mark an important Apple App Store milestone with the introduction of a European digital music service app called Spotify Mobile that competes squarely with iTunes. In the past Apple has barred programs from its App Store it viewed as offering features that duplicate functionality already available on the iPhone such as Google Voice.

• Apple will OK Google Voice app -- over Wi-Fi

  Those of us who have watched VOIP for a while now always keep an eye out for cases where traditional voice carriers act defensively to keep people from using VOIP.