Google-411 Directory Service

When traveling away from home, you may find yourself looking for a phone number for a restaurant, office supply shop, a FedexKinkos location or any type of business. You have choices: go online and look up the yellow pages or Google it; or call 411 from your mobile phone (… and pay $1+ for the service).

Google to the rescue! This new service allows you to call a special Google phone numbers, say the name of the city and state and the name of the business you are looking for. There automated service returns your search result in form of a digital voice and connects you to the business.

Pretty cool… and free of charge. Program the phone number as a speed dial on your phone. The number is: 1-800-GOOG-411. Try it, it works really well.

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