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Geek Tip: GOOG-411 Adds Free Telephone Directory Assistance
Google's 411 service is out of its experimental stage and is now a fully functioning service. Discussed on lifehacker, GOOG-411 is a fast and easy to use telephone directory assistance tool that you can use to connect you to local businesses for free. Looking for a restaurant?
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Geek Tip: Try Google's New 411 Service
Out with the old and in with the new! Forget about paying high 411 assistance charges when you can try Google's new Voice Local Search for free! Goog-411 can be accessed by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 from any phone.
Simple Cell Tips, Part 4: Get Help on the Go!
Now that you're addicted to using your cell phone for reminders and alarms and working on your text messaging know how you might as well start using your cell phone for information help on the go. There are a handful of great services that allow you access to informational databases and 411-type information without having to pick up the Yellowpages or struggle to use your phone's web browser.- Call GOOG-411: GOOG-411 recently added free Telephone Directory Assistance to its service.
Kwiry Adds More Features, Including a TiVo Texting Shortcut
OK, if you have not jumped on the Kwiry train yet, you must! I've already told you how you can send a text to (K-W-I-R-Y) 59479 to remember books, movies, or to-do items and how you can even add products to your Amazon wishlist and update your Netflix queue, well there's more. Kwiry just announced that you can now send a text saying "tivo Gossip Girl" and it will schedule a recording of the next episode to your TiVo.
Geek Tip: 1-800-GOOG-411 Now With Maps
A few months back Google introduced its 1-800-GOOG-411 service, which provides users with free business info. You just call or text the number (1-800-466-4411) ask for help and your answer is spoken back or text messaged back to you (just by saying text message), and the number you requested is automatically given to you free of charge. It's less expensive than 411 (cause it's free!) and is just as easy as the old school service.
This Week on geeksugar: Headlines and Holidays
- What better way to get into the holiday spirit then by Elfing Yourself?! Similar to the website MagMyPic that puts you on the cover of a magazine of your choice, ElfYourself helps you put your head, your mom's head, your friend's head, your dog's head (okay, you catch my drift) on a dancing elf.
- Now that you've got your USB Christmas Cake and USB twinkling Christmas tree, why not top it off with a USB Christmas wreath?!
- Google rolled out its fair share of neat new services, apps, and features this year. From personalized homepages, Google's My Maps, Google Transit, Goog-411, Google Street View and Google Docs Mobile, which one would you say is your favorite?
- This past year has definitely seen its fair share of big tech stories.
What Were Your Favorite New Google Features of 2007?
Google certainly rolled out its fair share of neat new services, apps, and features this year including Google's personalized homepages, Google's My Maps, Google Transit, Goog-411, Google Street View and Google Docs Mobile. If you had to pick just one (I know it's hard), which one would you say is your favorite? Scroll down to leave your answer!
Are You Interested in Google's Cell Platform?
Yesterday Google quelled rumors of a Gphone and announced an Open Handset Alliance and Android, an open platform for cell phones that includes an operating system, user-interface and applications.
In a press release the company said it hopes "Android will be the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we can’t imagine today."
Google developed Android with the Open Handset Alliance, which consists of more than 30 companies including Motorola, Samsung, LG Electronics, eBay, Sprint and T-Mobile.
The iPhone Gets Google Friendly
If you've checked out Google.com on your iPhone recently, you've probably noticed that the entire site has gone iPhone friendly. Condensed into your tiny Google toolbar, you can now switch between Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Docs and more Google apps like Docs, SMS, GOOG 411 and photos. This new enhancement will make it that much easier to get to all your favorite Google sites and features that you frequently visit!
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