Yesterday Google announced that it was shutting down 800-GOOG-411, the free directory assistance (or voice search) service it launched in April, 2007.

Google got all the pronunciations, accents, and business names out of its free 1-800-GOOG-411 service it needed to power its voice recognition, so it's shutting down today.But please, please don't ...

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GOOG-411 paved the way for today’s relatively refined speech-recognition tools for Android phones, including voice search, which lets you search Google by speaking rather than typing.

Both Rick and I have pointed out the great new(ish) Google products for cellphones: 1-800-GOOG-411 and Google SMS. Deciding which one to use is more than a matter of preferring to talk or use your ...

Google's free 411 service (1-800-GOOG-411) lets you find and call local businesses, but the service isn't exactly as it seems. On the surface, it looks pretty straight forward, but spending lots ...

Need a map? It's just a phone call away. A few months ago, Google launched 1-800-GOOG-411, a free telephone service that lets you search for businesses by voice and get connected to those ...

Google's GOOG-411 directory service is a toll-free number, and can connect you to any Skype calls toll-free numbers in the U.S. or Canada for free. Skip to Main Content ...

While visiting family we noticed that their telephone had a dedicated GOOG-411 button. We’ve been using Google’s free 411 service for what seems like years but seeing this show up in the form ...

If you don't use GOOG-411 when you are away from your computer and need directory assistance, you should. It is free and will give you the address or phone number of any local business. Today ...

Users of Google's free 411 service (1-800-GOOG-411), can now get maps sent straight to their phone.Once you've found your listing, just say "map it" to get a text message containing the address ...

Today I picked up the phone to give GOOG-411 another test drive, and was thrown back after hearing the prompt "What city and province?". Surely this thing doesn't work for Canada now -- so I said ...