Through Pat Phelan, I also learned that Google has acquired the very promising startup company GrandCentral Communications, a VOIP player that let's you integrate and manage all your phone numbers. In the VOIP community, many observers had tagged GrandCantral as the most promising of the very promising current class of VOIP player.
Google does it again. While other big companies create their own business barriers or spread peanut butter too thin, Google is watching and cherry picking the best and the brightest of entrepreneurial efforts.