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1-800-BING-411 is still operational. http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/411/ http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/411/

• krschultz 16y ago
  I 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 ago
    I'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 ago
      yet, 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 ago
      Microsoft might be using it for data for Tellme (http://www.tellme.com/ http://www.tellme.com/) a 2007 acquisition.
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