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Sadly now that it has served its purpose, it has been shut down. Granted I hardly ever need it now that I have a smartphone but it was very useful when I didn't
by cosgroveb 16y ago
Sadly now that it has served its purpose, it has been shut down. Granted I hardly ever need it now that I have a smartphone but it was very useful when I didn't!
- spinchange 16y agoAgreed. I've had "GOOG-411" programmed in my contacts for ages. I called the other day for old time's sake instead of searching and found it was no longer operational. That was a little disappointing. :-/
- sp332 16y agoYou can still use it on Android. Open the Maps app, activate the voice search, then say what you're looking for. It shows the location with two buttons: navigate or call the phone number.
- aneesh 16y ago1-800-BING-411 is still operational. http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/411/ http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/411/
- krschultz 16y agoI wonder if Microsoft is running that service for the same reason or simply because Google had a 411 a product Microsoft thought they needed one too.
- chc 16y agoI'm pretty sure it's the latter. Microsoft's MO lately has been to rip off anything that makes their primary competitors unique, so they can go on being a one-stop shop in any industry they believe themselves to be a part of. And since Google is both a big competitor and lacking any central concept to its business, Microsoft will pretty much rip off anything they do.
- riffraff 16y agoyet, microsoft has deployed voice recognition to some hundred millions users over time, so they could have copied that idea to improve something they were already selling.
- 2arrs2ells 16y agoMicrosoft might be using it for data for Tellme (http://www.tellme.com/ http://www.tellme.com/) a 2007 acquisition.
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- e1ven 16y agoA company I once worked at, 800-Free-411 is still operational. They're Ad-funded, so they should in theory be independent of a larger company's whim to shut down sluggish divisions.