Google Labs just rolled out a Google Voice Local Search, which is basically a free 411 search along the lines of previously mentioned 1-800-FREE-411. To use the local business search tool, pick up ...

Google has introduced the latest in its line of services designed to make it easier for us to find information we need—when not in front of a computer. The project, officially called Google Voice ...

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 ...

Name, address and a free phone call? Dialing 411 may never be the same again. Beginning sometime Friday or Monday, San Francisco-based upstart UpSnap says, it will launch a 411 service for cell phones ...

Marchex announced this morning that it was buying Jingle Networks, operator of free directory assistance service 800-Free-411, for $62 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2004, Jingle Networks also ...

Anyone who has forgotten or misplaced a phone number will have heard of the 411 directory service. In Manitoba, Manitoba Telecom Servicesreceives about 400,000 such calls to 411for directory ...

The money you spend on 411 calls may seem like small potatoes, but it's really big business. Each time you ask an operator to look up a number or place a call, you're charged $1-$2 — and those fees ...

Calling 411 for directory assistance can be maddeningly expensive. Carriers like Sprint and Verizon charge more than $1 and sometimes as much as $2 a call from a cell phone. And much of that is profit ...

It used to be you'd let your fingers do the walking if you needed to find a phone number. That's no longer the case. The phone book has been usurped by three little numbers: 411. How much are you ...

There have been so many times I have needed to get a phone number while using my cell phone lately. Usually, it is to call a store to see if they have an item before spending $5 worth of gas to find ...