Saturday, April 7, 2007

Hey yo, what's the 411, hun?

iPhone
Google Labs has quietly rolled out a new 411 service accessible by dialing 800-GOOG-411.

According to TechCrunch:
"The product is completely automated and there is no way to talk to a human for additional or clarifying information. You tell it your city and state, and then ask for a specific business or business category. In my tests the product was excellent... Results are spoken back or text messaged back to you, and you are automatically put through to the phone number requested."

Yet again, the rug is pulled out from under old school business. Another cash cow lost to progress.

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